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offertōrĭum

offertōrĭum · n

a place to which offerings were brought

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What it meant

offertōrĭum — Lewis & Short

offertōrĭum (obf-). ii, n.id.,

I a place to which offerings were brought, an offertory (eccl. Lat.): offertorium tali ex causā sumpsit vocabulum. Fertum enim dicitur oblatio, quae altari offertur, et sacrificatur a pontificibus, a quo offertorium nomina tur, quasi propter fertum, Isid. Orig. 6, 19.

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