nounplural noun liturgies

• 1A form or formulary according to which public religious worship, especially Christian worship, is conducted.

  ‘the Church of England liturgy’

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  • ‘a tradition which found its expression in ritual and liturgy’

  Synonyms

  ritual, worship, service, ceremony, rite, observance, celebration, ordinance, office, sacrament, solemnity, ceremonial

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  1. 1.1A religious service conducted according to a liturgy.
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     • ‘at the conclusion of the liturgy the Bishop presented the certificates’
     Synonyms

     ceremony, ritual, rite, observance, ordinance

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  2. 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.