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aliturgic

aliturgic adjective: not liturgic; without a liturgy.

Adjective

aliturgic (not comparable)

  1. Not liturgic; without a liturgy.
    • Better indeed would it be to return to the old Jewish sacrifices, than to embrace the aliturgic weakness of Protestantism.1854, The Right of All the Baptized to be Present at the Celebration of the Holy Eucharist, page 34
    • It is probable that the custom of reserving for the aliturgic days, and permitting the people to communicate of the presanctified, i.e. the previously consecrated, gifts, in order to satisfy this desire, arose in the Greek Church not later than the earlier part of the seventh century.1872, William Edward Scudamore, Notitia Eucharistica: A Commentary Explanatory, Doctrinal, and Historical on the Order for the Administration of the Lord's Supper or Holy Communion, page 784

Examples of aliturgic in a sentence

  • Saturday in Holy Week marked the rest of Christ in the tomb and was a totally aliturgic day with a total fast.1981, Roy A. Harrisville, Charles D. Hackett, Elizabeth R. Achtemeier, Holy Week, page 5:
  • This is done on Maundy Thursday, and the particles so treated serve for the aliturgic days of Lent, and for the sick.2005, William Smith, Samuel Cheetham, Encyclopaedic Dictionary Of Christian Antiquities:

Origin of aliturgic

From a- + liturgic.

Questions about aliturgic

What does aliturgic mean?
Aliturgic means not liturgic; without a liturgy.
How do you use aliturgic in a sentence?
Saturday in Holy Week marked the rest of Christ in the tomb and was a totally aliturgic day with a total fast.
What part of speech is aliturgic?
Aliturgic is an adjective.

Words near aliturgic in the dictionary

  1. Alito
  2. alitretinoin
  3. alitretionin
  4. alitrunk
  5. alitrunks
  6. aliturgic
  7. aliturgical
  8. aliue
  9. aliunde
  10. alive
  11. alive and kicking

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