invitatory
/ɪnˈvʌɪtət(ə)ri
/adjective
1Containing or conveying an invitation.
1.1(In the Christian Church) denoting a psalm or versicle acting as an invitation to worshippers, especially Psalm 95 (the Venite).Psalm 95 is most familiar to us as an invitatory....
- I had understood the Invitatory Psalm as a call to prayer, but I never knew that about allowing the people time to arrive.
Origin
Middle English: from late Latin invitatorius, from Latin invitare (see invite).