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First published 1983 (DOST Vol. V).
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Offertory, n. [ME. (Chaucer) and e.m.E. offertori(e, offertory, eccl. L. offertorium.] = Offertour n. —1454 Liber Coll. Glasg. 177.
And at the offertory of the messe the preces … tyll be said