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aliturgical

aliturgical adjective: on which the Eucharist is not offered.

Adjective

aliturgical (not comparable)

  1. On which the Eucharist is not offered.
    • In the Byzantine rite, for instance, all weekdays of Lent except Saturdays and Maundy Thursday are aliturgical1950, A. Fortescue, The Mass

Origin of aliturgical

From a- + liturgical.

Questions about aliturgical

What does aliturgical mean?
Aliturgical means on which the Eucharist is not offered.
What part of speech is aliturgical?
Aliturgical is an adjective.

Words near aliturgical in the dictionary

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

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