Definition of liturgy in English:
liturgy
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nounplural noun liturgies
1A form or formulary according to which public religious worship, especially Christian worship, is conducted.
‘the Church of England liturgy’- ‘a tradition which found its expression in ritual and liturgy’
ritual, worship, service, ceremony, rite, observance, celebration, ordinance, office, sacrament, solemnity, ceremonialView synonyms- 1.1A religious service conducted according to a liturgy.
- ‘at the conclusion of the liturgy the Bishop presented the certificates’
ceremony, ritual, rite, observance, ordinanceView synonyms - 1.2the LiturgyThe Eucharistic service of the Eastern Orthodox Church (also called the Divine Liturgy).
2(in ancient Greece) a public office or duty performed voluntarily by a rich Athenian.
Pronunciation
Origin
Mid 16th century via French or late Latin from Greek leitourgia ‘public service, worship of the gods’, from leitourgos ‘minister’, from lēitos ‘public’ + -ergos ‘working’.
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