offertory C2+ Topic:Business & Commerce US /ˈɔfɚtɔri/ UK /ˈɒfətəri/ See IPA manual Meanings 1 noun the part of a church service when offerings are collected, or the music sung then The choir performed a moving offertory as the collection plates passed. Thesaurus Synonyms 1 noun · the part of a church... collectionofferingoblation Word family Related forms offerofferingoblation Etymology AI details From Medieval Latin offertorium ('place of offering'), from Late Latin offerre ('to offer'), from ob- ('to') plus ferre ('to bring, bear'). offertorium Medieval Latin ferre Middle English View etymology graph -> Topics Business & Commerce Word Formation & Derivatives External links Cambridge Dictionary Wiktionary Google Images # offertory **Type:** Word **Level:** C2+ **Part of speech:** noun **IPA (US):** /ˈɔfɚtɔri/ **IPA (UK):** /ˈɒfətəri/ ## Meanings 1. the part of a church service when offerings are collected, or the music sung then ## Examples - The choir performed a moving offertory as the collection plates passed. ## Synonyms - collection - offering - oblation ## Related Forms - offer - offering - oblation ## Roots and Affixes - Root: offertorium - Root: ferre ## Etymology From Medieval Latin offertorium ('place of offering'), from Late Latin offerre ('to offer'), from ob- ('to') plus ferre ('to bring, bear'). ## AI Etymology Offertory is from Medieval Latin offertorium ('place of offering'), from Late Latin offerre ('to offer'), from ob- ('to') plus ferre ('to bring, bear'). Important recorded forms include offertorium (Medieval Latin) and ferre (Latin). The modern sense follows that older lexical line closely. In current use it covers the part of a church service when offerings are collected, or the music sung then. The wider family includes related words such as offer, offering, and oblation. ## Topics - Business & Commerce - Word Formation & Derivatives markdown