offertory
noun /ˈɒfətri/
/ˈɔːfərtɔːri/
(plural offertories)
- the offering of bread and wine to God at a church service
祭品(奉献给上帝的饼和酒) - an offering or a collection of money during a church service
献金(礼拜中收集的捐款)
词源late Middle English: from ecclesiastical Latin offertorium ‘offering’, from late Latin offert- (which replaced Latin oblat-) ‘offered’, from the verb offerre ‘bestow, present’ (in ecclesiastical Latin ‘offer to God’).