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Gift vs Offertory - What's the difference?

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As nouns the difference between gift and offertory

is that gift is something given to another voluntarily, without charge while offertory is an anthem formerly sung as part of the Roman Catholic Mass or during the corresponding part of the Anglican Communion.

As a verb gift

is to give as a gift.

gift

English

Noun

(en noun)
  • Something given to another voluntarily, without charge.
  • A talent or natural ability.
  • :
  • *
  • *:“[…] it is not fair of you to bring against mankind double weapons ! Dangerous enough you are as woman alone, without bringing to your aid those gifts of mind suited to problems which men have been accustomed to arrogate to themselves.”
  • Something gained incidentally, without effort.
  • The act, right, or power of giving or bestowing.
  • :

    • Synonyms

    * (1): (often monetary'') contribution, (''monetary ) donation, present * (2): talent

    See also

    * lagniappe

    Verb

    (en verb)
  • To give as a gift.
  • To give away, to concede easily.
  • * {{quote-news
    • , year=2011 , date=September 28 , author=Jon Smith , title=Valencia 1 - 1 Chelsea , work=BBC Sport citation , page= , passage=Chelsea threw away two points when substitute Salomon Kalou gifted Valencia a penalty five minutes from time with a needless handball.}}

    Synonyms

    * contribute * donate * give

    Derived terms

    * gift from above * gift horse * gift of the gab * gift voucher * God's gift to man * God's gift to women * regift

    Anagrams

    * 1000 English basic words ----

    offertory

    English

    (wikipedia offertory)

    Noun

    (offertories)
  • (Christianity) An anthem formerly sung as part of the Roman Catholic Mass or during the corresponding part of the Anglican Communion.
  • * c.1390 , (Geoffrey Chaucer), Canterbury Tales :
    • But alderbest he sang an offertory : / For well he wiste, when that song was sung, / He muste preach […].
  • * 1922 , (Sinclair Lewis), Babbitt :
    • There was an impressive musical program, conducted by Sheldon Smeeth, educational director of the Y.M.C.A., who also sang the offertory .
  • (Christianity) 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.
  • * 1914 , (Stephen Leacock), Arcadian Adventures with the Idle Rich :
    • Before a month had passed the congregation at the evening service at St. Asaph's Church was so slender that the offertory , as Mr. Furlong senior himself calculated, was scarcely sufficient to pay the overhead charge of collecting it.
  • * 1922 , (Upton Sinclair), They Call Me Carpenter :
    • I sat through the sermon, and the offertory , and the recessional.
  • * 1971 , , Religion and the Decline of Magic , Folio Society 2012, p. 30:
    • Even the coins in the offertory were accredited with magical value; there were numerous popular superstitions about the magical value of communion silver as a cure for illness or a lucky charm against danger.

    Related terms

    * offering