Definition of Invitatory

1. Adjective. Conveying an invitation. "A brief invitatory note"

Similar to: Inviting
Derivative terms: Invite, Invite, Invite

Definition of Invitatory

1. a. Using or containing invitations.

2. n. That which invites; specifically, the invitatory psalm, or a part of it used in worship.

Definition of Invitatory

1. Adjective. Of or pertaining to an invitation ¹

2. Noun. (music) A psalm sung, as an invitation to prayer, at the beginning of some services ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Invitatory

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Lexicographical Neighbors of Invitatory

invisible rails
invisible spectrum
invisibleness
invisiblenesses
invisibles
invisibly
invision
inviso
invital
invitation
invitational
invitationally
invitationals
invitations
invitatories
invitatory (current term)
invite
invite out
invited
invitee
invitees
invitement
invitements
inviter
inviters
invites
inviteth
invitingly
invitingness

Literary usage of Invitatory

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. A Dictionary of Christian Antiquities: Comprising the History, Institutions by William Smith, Samuel Cheetham (1880)
"invitatory (as before). Pss. 5, 89 [90], 100 [101], without antiphons. .... Blessed be our God" &c., with the usual introduction and invitatory. ..."

2. Divine Worship in England in the Thirteenth and Fourteenth Centuries by John David Chambers (1877)
"Then let the Precentor with all the Rulers and Choir together fing through the remainder of the invitatory to the end, eg " Let us go forth to meet our ..."

3. The Bible Word-book: A Glossary of Archaic Words and Phrases in the by Jonathan Eastwood, William Aldis Wright (1884)
"The 95th Psalm " has been generally termed the invitatory Psalm. The invitatory was an anthem sung before it, and repeated, in part, ..."

4. Glossary of Terms and Phrases by Henry Percy Smith (1883)
"Some text chosen for the occasion of the day, used anciently before the Venite, which is also the invitatory ..."

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