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OFFERTORY (from the ecclesiastical See also: alms of a See also: congregation collected in See also: church, or at any religious service
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Offertory has also a
See also: special sense in the services of both the See also: English and See also: Roman churches
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It forms in both that See also: part of the Communion service appointed to be said or sung, during the collection of alms, before the elements are consecrated
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In See also: music, an offertory is the vocal or instrumental setting of the offertory sentences, or a See also: short instrumental piece played by the organist while the collection is being made
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