invitatory

[ in-vahy-tuh-tawr-ee, -tohr-ee ]

adjective

1. serving to invite; conveying an invitation.

invitatory

/ -trɪ; ɪnˈvaɪtətərɪ /

adjective

1. serving as or conveying an invitation

noun

1. any of various invitations to prayer, such as Psalm 95 in a religious service

Word History and Origins

Origin of invitatory¹

1300–50; Middle English < Late Latin invītātōrius, equivalent to invitā ( re ) to invite + -tōrius -tory ¹

Example Sentences

The focus is on the chants found in the manuscript, although the recording does not include some of them, such as the alternate invitatory and a string of extra antiphons at the end of Lauds.

From Washington Post

We appeal to each of these post-Elizabethans with the invitatory line of one of them: ‘Charm me asleep with thy delicious numbers!’

From Project Gutenberg

“Don’t care if I do, Bill,” he continued, in response to Bill’s invitatory gesture, walking to the bar.

From Project Gutenberg

I will write an invitatory song to the Editor.

From Project Gutenberg

Down one block—two, three; then a sudden pause before a narrow store front liberally placarded with invitatory signs to the public, and with a red cross blazoning above the doorway.

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