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liturgy [ˈlɪtədʒɪ] n pl -gies
1. (Christianity / Ecclesiastical Terms) the forms of public services officially prescribed by a Church 2. (Christianity / Ecclesiastical Terms) (often capital) Also called Divine Liturgy Chiefly Eastern Churches the Eucharistic celebration 3. (Christianity / Ecclesiastical Terms) a particular order or form of public service laid down by a Church [via Medieval Latin, from Greek leitourgia, from leitourgos minister, from leit- people + ergon work] ThesaurusLegend: Synonyms Related Words Antonyms
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| This was by no means an intended slight of that liturgy to which the divine alluded, but was the habit of a people who owed their very existence, as a distinct nation, to the doctrinal character of their ancestors. There was no murdering of the noble music, contained in the Bible and the Liturgy, by its recital in a dead monotone, with no more expression than a mechanical talking-doll. "Our liturgy," observed Crawford, "has beauties, which not even a careless, slovenly style of reading can destroy; but it has also redundancies and repetitions which require good reading not to be felt. |
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