Etymology
From Middle French liturgie, from Latin liturgia, from Ancient Greek λειτουργία or leitourgía, from λειτ- or leit-, from λαός or laós (people) + -ουργός or -ourgós, from ἔργον or érgon (work) (the public work of the people done on behalf of the people).
Noun
liturgy (countable and uncountable, plural liturgies)
- A predetermined or prescribed set of rituals that are performed, usually by a religion.
- An official worship service of the Christian church.
- (historical) In Ancient Greece, a form of personal service to the state.
Derived terms
- aliturgic
- liturgic
- liturgical
- liturgics
- liturgiologist
- liturgiology
- liturgism
- liturgist
- liturgistic
- liturgistical
- Liturgy of the Hours
Related terms
- lay
- laity
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