liturgy

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lit·ur·gy /ˈlɪtədʒi $ -ər-/ noun (plural liturgies)

1. [countableC, uncountableU]RR a way of praying in a religious service using a fixed order of words, prayers etc 禮拜儀式

2. the Liturgy RRCthe written form of these services 禮拜公禱文，祈禱書

Examples from the Corpus

the Liturgy• This led to developments in both music and the Liturgy which were probably more far-reaching than the Council Fathers anticipated.• People spoke with their neighbors in the church before the liturgies.• Jim gave the liturgy planning team his tentative approval and waited to see how the community and the archdiocese would react.• First, healing became a much more central activity, with much of the liturgy and preaching revolving around it.• There are many important links between them, as also with the Constitution on the Liturgy.• The great cantors developed their own special variations on the liturgy, largely on the basis of folk tradition.• But his hopes of superseding the liturgy with any such matter were doomed to failure.• The first of the major considerations by the Council Fathers was given to the Liturgy and its music, as well as sacred art.

Examples from the Corpus

liturgy• Intoning a liturgy, he tilted that silvered glass so that reflected light sprang at the skeleton, bathing it.• One month later Snyder and a few supporters began standing throughout every liturgy as a form of protest.• Its liturgy director rewrites prayers and Scripture readings to make the language more inclusive.• People spoke with their neighbors in the church before the liturgies.• The question of music in the liturgy was addressed.• But his hopes of superseding the liturgy with any such matter were doomed to failure.• Two follow-up meetings have been arranged for all young people interested in producing Mass tapes and the youth liturgy.

Origin liturgy

(1500-1600) Late Latin liturgia, from Greek leitourgia, from leitos “public” + -ourgia “way of doing things”

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Corpus

BNC: 13036 COCA: 11461

liturgy noun
⇨ ceremony

BNC: 13036 COCA: 11461

liturgy