Liturgy
11liturgy — A liturgy is the ordered form of worship used by a church, including prayers, readings, and ceremonial acts such as the administration of the Eucharist/LoRD s Supper. Traditionally, Christian church liturgies were distinguished by the language …
12Liturgy — The word Liturgy is derived from the Greek leitourgia, meaning a public work or duty, whether civil or religious. It then became generally used with reference to sacred offices, whence arose its ecclesiastical use to signify the solemnization… …
13Liturgy — It is derived from two Greek words lios means people and ergon means work. The original Greek word was used to express a public work of any kind, not only religious, but by the time of the Septuagint it had come to be applied particularly to the… …
14liturgy — [[t]lɪ̱tə(r)ʤi[/t]] liturgies N VAR A liturgy is a particular form of religious service, usually one that is set and approved by a branch of the Christian Church. A clergyman read the liturgy from the prayer book. ...the many similarities in… …
15liturgy — n. body of church services and ritual. ♦ liturgical, a. ♦ liturgician, n. student of this. ♦ liturgics, n. study of liturgy and worship. ♦ liturgiology, n. study of or treatise on liturgy. ♦ liturgism, n. keeping strictly to… …
16liturgy — n. to chant; offer; recite the liturgy * * * [ lɪtədʒɪ] offer recite the liturgy to chant …
17Liturgy — The rite of the Eucharist, called the Divine Liturgy, of which there are two versions, one attributed to John Chrysostom (q.v.) and the other to Basil the Great (q.v.). In the eighth century the public nature of the liturgy was curtailed by… …
18liturgy — UK [ˈlɪtə(r)dʒɪ] / US [ˈlɪtərdʒɪ] noun [countable/uncountable] Word forms liturgy : singular liturgy plural liturgies the way that religious ceremonies are performed in church, including the words that the priest uses and the order of the… …
19liturgy — litany, liturgy A litany (from Greek litē ‘prayer’) is a prayer couched in the form of a sequence of petitions. It has a figurative use in expressions such as a litany of curses or woes. A liturgy (from Greek leitourgia ‘public service, public… …
20liturgy — /lit euhr jee/, n., pl. liturgies. 1. a form of public worship; ritual. 2. a collection of formularies for public worship. 3. a particular arrangement of services. 4. a particular form or type of the Eucharistic service. 5. the service of the… …
