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Offering vs Offertory - What's the difference?

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Offertory is a related term of offering.



As nouns the difference between offering and offertory

is that offering is an act of offering 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 offering

is present participle of lang=en.

offering

English

Verb

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    Noun

    (en noun)
  • An act of offering.
  • That which has been offered; a sacrifice.
  • An oblation or presentation made as a religious act.
  • A contribution given at a religious service.
  • Something put forth, bid, proffered or tendered.

    • Derived terms

    * burnt offering * peace offering

    References

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    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