See also:

• OFFERTORY (from the ecclesiastical Lat. offertorium, Fr. offertoire, a place to which offerings were brought)

OFFERTORY (from the ecclesiastical See also:

• LAT

Lat. offertorium, Fr. offertoire, a See also:

• PLACE (through Fr. from Lat. platea, street; Gr. IrAar6s, wide)

place to which offerings were brought)  , the See also:

• ALMS

alms of a See also:

• CONGREGATION (Lat. congregatio, a gathering together, from cum, with, grex, gregis, a flock, herd)

congregation collected in See also:

• CHURCH
• CHURCH (according to most authorities derived from the Gr. Kvpcaxov [&wµa], " the Lord's [house]," and common to many Teutonic, Slavonic and other languages under various forms—Scottish kirk, Ger. Kirche, Swed. kirka, Dan. kirke, Russ. tserkov, Buig. cerk
• CHURCH, FREDERICK EDWIN (1826-1900)
• CHURCH, GEORGE EARL (1835–1910)
• CHURCH, RICHARD WILLIAM (1815–189o)
• CHURCH, SIR RICHARD (1784–1873)

church, or at any religious service . See also:

• OFFERTORY (from the ecclesiastical Lat. offertorium, Fr. offertoire, a place to which offerings were brought)

Offertory has also a See also:

• SPECIAL

special sense in the services of both the See also:

• ENGLISH

English and See also:

• ROMAN

Roman churches . It forms in both that See also:

• PART

part of the Communion service appointed to be said or sung, during the collection of alms, before the elements are consecrated . In See also:

• MUSIC

music, an offertory is the vocal or instrumental setting of the offertory sentences, or a See also:

• SHORT, FRANCIS JOB (1857– )

short instrumental piece played by the organist while the collection is being made .