OFFERTORY

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does Offertory mean? 

• OFFERTORY (noun)
  The noun OFFERTORY has 2 senses:

1. the offerings of the congregation at a religious service

2. the part of the Eucharist when bread and wine are offered to God

  Familiarity information: OFFERTORY used as a noun is rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• OFFERTORY (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

The offerings of the congregation at a religious service

Classified under:

Nouns denoting possession and transfer of possession

Hypernyms ("offertory" is a kind of...):

offering (money contributed to a religious organization)

Sense 2

Meaning:

The part of the Eucharist when bread and wine are offered to God

Classified under:

Nouns denoting acts or actions

Hypernyms ("Offertory" is a kind of...):

Oblation; religious offering (the act of offering the bread and wine of the Eucharist)

Holonyms ("Offertory" is a part of...):

Eucharist; Eucharistic liturgy; Holy Eucharist; Holy Sacrament; Liturgy; Lord's Supper; sacrament of the Eucharist (a Christian sacrament commemorating the Last Supper by consecrating bread and wine)