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Webster 1913 Edition

Adj.

[L.

invitatorius

: cf. F.

invitatoire

Using or containing invitations.

The “Venite” [Psalm xcv.], which is also called the

invitatory

psalm.

Hook.

Noun.

;

pl.

Invitatories

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[LL.

invitatorium

: cf. F.

invitatoire

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

Adj.

Using or containing invitations.

Noun.

A part of the service in the catholic church; a psalm or anthem sung in the morning.

--Antiphonary, a service-book, which contained all the invitatories, responsories and collects.