invitatory

[ in-vahy-tuh-tawr-ee, -tohr-ee ]
/ ɪnˈvaɪ təˌtɔr i, -ˌtoʊr i /

adjective

serving to invite; conveying an invitation.

Origin of invitatory

1300–50; Middle English < Late Latin invītātōrius, equivalent to invitā(re) to invite + -tōrius -tory1

Words nearby invitatory

invisible man, invisible man, the, invisible shadow, invitation, invitational, invitatory, invite, invitee, inviting, invocate, invocation

Example sentences from the Web for invitatory

  • A second weekly official was the antiphoner, whose duty it was to read the Invitatory at Matins.

    English Monastic Life |Abbot Gasquet

British Dictionary definitions for invitatory

invitatory
/ (ɪnˈvaɪtətərɪ, -trɪ) /

adjective

serving as or conveying an invitation

noun plural -tories

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