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Originally appearing in Volume V20, Page 16 of the 1911 Encyclopedia Britannica.
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OFFERTORY (from the ecclesiastical See also:Lat. offertorium, Fr. offertoire, a See also:place to which offerings were brought) , the See also:alms of a See also:congregation collected in See also:church, or at any religious service. Offertory has also a See also:special sense in the services of both the See also:English and See also:Roman churches. It forms in both that See also: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, an offertory is the vocal or instrumental setting of the offertory sentences, or a See also:short instrumental piece played by the organist while the collection is being made.

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