Meaning & use
Offertory
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The part of a religious service during which offerings, such as money or bread and wine, are collected or presented.
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The choir sang a hymn during the offertory.
Ushers passed the collection plates around the congregation during the offertory.
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In Christian liturgy, the offertory traditionally precedes the consecration of the bread and wine in the Eucharist.
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