offertorius

offertorius [LL as sb.] 1 (as adj.) used in offering or for celebration of the Eucharist. partem glutinati salis ‥ arripiens in aquam ~iam ‥ mittebat Felix Guthl. 53; 1303 v s. de tribus pannis ~iis venditis Ac. Exec. Ep. Lond. 49. 2 (as sb. m.; w. ellipsis of liber) Leviticus, third book of the Pentateuch. tercius ‥ liber predicte legis Vagetra Hebraice dicitur, Grece Leviticus, Latine ~ius R. Melun Sent. I 183. 3 (as sb. n., liturg.) offertory: a part of Mass during which offerings are made. b offertory chant. c chalice-veil, cloth used in celebration of the Eucharist. a ~ium sive offerenda; dicitur ~ium ab offerendo, quia tunc offerimus Beleth RDO 41. 50; s1189 cum perventum fuisset ad ~ium misse prefati duo episcopi duxerunt eum ad offerendum M. Par. Min. II 8 (cf. id. Maj. II 349).  b ~ium: ‘Domine Deus, in simplicitate cordis mei letus obtuli universa‘ Egb. Pont. 50; in ipso die non cantatur ~ium nec ‘Agnus Dei’ nec communio RegulC 49; ~ium: ‘inmittit angelum Dominus in circuitu timentium eum (Jud. Dei 12) GAS 403; ~ium, lanesang Ælf. Gl. 130; loco psalmorum introitus et tractus et ~ia de ipsis psalmis instituit Gir. GE I 7 p. 23; promittit, quoniam canit offertoria cetus Garl. Myst. Eccl. 539; 1354 ante ~ium in magna missa decantatum Lit. Cant. II 231.  c ~io et corporalibus ipsi calici superpositis Offic. Sal. 92 p. 150; 1241 omnes ‥ paruras, ~ia, et omnia alia ornamenta que habetis in custodia vestra Cl 321; c1250 ~ium de panno rubeo subtili Vis. S. Paul. 3; altaris ‥ calicem, corporalia, et ~ia Cust. Westm. 55 (cf. Cust. Cant. 110); 1317 pro ‥ j incensario, j ~io Reg. Heref. 42; 1357 unum offretor’ ad patenam tenendam cum stripp’ auri KR Ac 393/4 f. 5d.; 1396 ~ia duo et alia in ecclesia tria (Invent.) Meaux III lxxx.