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On this page you'll find 6 example sentences with Offertory. Discover the meaning, synonyms such as offering or oblation and how to use the word correctly in a sentence.

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Offertory in a sentence

Offertory meaning

  1. A prayer said or sung as an anthem while offerings of bread and wine are placed on the altar during the Roman Catholic Mass or the Anglican Communion service.
  2. The part of the Eucharist service when offerings of bread and wine are placed on the altar and when any collection is taken; also, the money or other things collected.
  3. A linen or silken cloth anciently used in various ceremonies connected with the administration of the Eucharist.

Synonyms of Offertory

offering oblation religious offering

Related words

Other words often associated with Offertory or its synonyms:

gift giving substance message donation offer contribution content

Offertory vertaling naar Nederlands

offertorium

Using Offertory

  • The main meaning on this page is: A prayer said or sung as an anthem while offerings of bread and wine are placed on the altar during the Roman Catholic Mass or the Anglican Communion service. | The part of the Eucharist service when offerings of bread and wine are placed on the altar and when any collection is taken; also, the money or other things collected. | A linen or silken cloth anciently used in various ceremonies connected with the administration of the Eucharist.
  • Useful related words include: offering, oblation, religious offering.
  • Possible Dutch translations are: offertorium.
  • In the example corpus, offertory often appears in combinations such as: the offertory.

Context around Offertory

  • Average sentence length in these examples: 26.3 words
  • Position in the sentence: 3 start, 2 middle, 1 end
  • Sentence types: 6 statements, 0 questions, 0 exclamations

Often after:

chant 1× plate 1× reflecting 1× collections 1× gifts 1× sentences 1×

Sentence patterns with Offertory

These short patterns come directly from the example sentences and show how the word is often embedded:

and their offertory collections many 1× at the offertory reflecting margaret 1× in the offertory plate or 1× included the offertory chant before 1× of the offertory sentences in 1× up the offertory gifts at 1×

Sentence openings and endings

Common sentence openings:

donations if so 1× gifts at the 1× representatives from various 1× the funeral service 1× with unemployment impacting 1×

Common sentence endings:

a family heirloom 1× at the altar 1× bay ll30 3hn 1× gifts at mass 1× in precarious shape 1×

Words around Offertory

Just before it in the word index:

offers 10.688 offerpad 2 offerors 2 offeror 4 offerman 33 offerings 1.424

Just after it in the word index:

offerup 3 offerzen 2 offgas 2 offham 2 offhand 21 offhanded 6

Similar in corpus frequency:

aaaaa 8 aage 8 aardvarks 8 abaca 8 abaji 8 abascal 8

Corpus analysis for Offertory

  • In this selection, "offertory" usually appears near the start of the sentence. The average example has 26.3 words, and this corpus slice is mostly made up of statements.
  • Around the word, chant, plate and reflecting stand out and add context to how "offertory" is used.
  • Recognizable usage signals include and their offertory collections many and at the offertory reflecting margaret. That gives this page its own corpus information beyond isolated example sentences.
  • By corpus frequency, "offertory" sits close to words such as aaaaa, aage and aardvarks, which helps place it inside the broader word index.

Example types with offertory

The same corpus examples are grouped by length and sentence type, making it easier to see the contexts in which the word appears:

Short example sentences

Representatives from various St. Vincent de Paul Parish ministries bring up the offertory gifts at Mass. (16 words)

One of the offertory sentences in Holy Communion comes from an apocryphal book (Tob. 4: 8-9). (17 words)

Gifts at the Offertory reflecting Margaret’s life were her fiddle, her sewing box, calculator, rolling pin and her vintage teddy-bear, a family heirloom. (25 words)

Longer example sentences

The funeral service also included the Offertory Chant, before the ceremony moved on to the Liturgy of the Eucharist, the second of two principal rites of mass, that recalls Jesus Christ’s last supper by presenting bread and wine at the altar. (42 words)

With unemployment impacting so many Catholic families, as well as the canceling of Masses and their offertory collections, many Catholic institutions and the communities they serve are in precarious shape. (30 words)

Donations if so desired towards Alzheimer’s can be left in the offertory plate or sent c/o Dewi Glyn Jones 97 Llandudno Road Penrhyn Bay LL30 3HN. (28 words)

Example sentences (6)

The funeral service also included the Offertory Chant, before the ceremony moved on to the Liturgy of the Eucharist, the second of two principal rites of mass, that recalls Jesus Christ’s last supper by presenting bread and wine at the altar.

Donations if so desired towards Alzheimer’s can be left in the offertory plate or sent c/o Dewi Glyn Jones 97 Llandudno Road Penrhyn Bay LL30 3HN.

Gifts at the Offertory reflecting Margaret’s life were her fiddle, her sewing box, calculator, rolling pin and her vintage teddy-bear, a family heirloom.

With unemployment impacting so many Catholic families, as well as the canceling of Masses and their offertory collections, many Catholic institutions and the communities they serve are in precarious shape.

Representatives from various St. Vincent de Paul Parish ministries bring up the offertory gifts at Mass.

One of the offertory sentences in Holy Communion comes from an apocryphal book (Tob. 4: 8-9).

Common combinations with offertory

These word pairs occur most frequently in English texts:

Frequently asked questions

How do you use "offertory" in a sentence?
An example: "The funeral service also included the Offertory Chant, before the ceremony moved on to the Liturgy of the Eucharist, the second of two principal rites of mass, that recalls Jesus Christ’s last supper by presenting bread and wine at the altar." This page contains 6 example sentences with the word "offertory" from authentic English texts.
What does "offertory" mean?
Offertory means: A prayer said or sung as an anthem while offerings of bread and wine are placed on the altar during the Roman Catholic Mass or the Anglican Communion service.
What are synonyms of "offertory"?
Common synonyms of "offertory" include: offering, oblation, religious offering.
What is "offertory" in Dutch?
"offertory" translates to Dutch as: offertorium.
How many example sentences with "offertory" are there?
Voorbeeldzinnen.info contains 6 example sentences with "offertory", drawn from a database of millions of English sentences.