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offertory | undefined |

As a noun offertory

is (christianity) an anthem formerly sung as part of the roman catholic mass or during the corresponding part of the anglican communion.

As an adjective undefined is

lacking a definition or value.

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.

    undefined

    English

    Adjective

    (wikipedia undefined) (-)
  • Lacking a definition or value.
  • (mathematics, computing) That does not have a meaning and is thus not assigned an interpretation.
  • The result of division by zero is undefined .

    Antonyms

    * defined