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liturgical

/lɪˈtɝd͡ʒɪkəl/

liturgical adjective: pertaining to liturgy.

Adjective

liturgical (not comparable)

  1. Pertaining to liturgy.
    • Our almost liturgical repetition of the phrase "gay brothers and sisters" too often echoes with a hollow resonance.1974 April 13, A. Nolder Gay, “The View from the Closet”, in Gay Community News, page 8
    Synonyms:
    liturgic

liturgical meaning in Malayalam, Arabic and Indonesian

liturgical in Malayalam

ritual, ceremonial, solemn
പ്രാർത്ഥനാക്രമമനുസരിച്ചുള്ള, ആചാരാനുസാരമായ, നിർദ്ദിഷ്ടക്രമ മനുസരിച്ചുള്ള, ആചാരപരമായ, ഔപചാരിക, നെെയാമികമായ

liturgical in Arabic

Pertaining to liturgy
طَقْسِيّ ṭaqsiyy

liturgical in Indonesian

Pertaining to liturgy
liturgis

Examples of liturgical in a sentence

  • In many churches some pews are reserved for either clerical or liturgical officials such as canons, or for prominent families.
  • Gregor Maria Hanke, is shown wearing that rarest of liturgical garments, the rationale.
  • The liturgical form of hymn which replaced the kontakion was the canon, a set of nine hymns.

All 27 example sentences with liturgical

Synonyms of liturgical

Origin of liturgical

From Latin lītūrgicus + -al. By surface analysis, liturgy + -ical.

Words formed from liturgical

Phrases with liturgical

Questions about liturgical

What does liturgical mean?
Liturgical means pertaining to liturgy.
What is liturgical in Malayalam?
Liturgical in Malayalam is പ്രാർത്ഥനാക്രമമനുസരിച്ചുള്ള, ആചാരാനുസാരമായ, നിർദ്ദിഷ്ടക്രമ മനുസരിച്ചുള്ള. See Liturgical meaning in Malayalam.
What part of speech is liturgical?
Liturgical is an adjective.
How do you pronounce liturgical?
Liturgical is pronounced /lɪˈtɝd͡ʒɪkəl/.

Words near liturgical in the dictionary

  1. liturally
  2. liturate
  3. liturge
  4. liturges
  5. liturgic
  6. liturgical
  7. Liturgical Armenian
  8. liturgical language
  9. liturgical languages
  10. liturgically
  11. liturgician

Source and license

Adapted from Wiktionary: liturgical (page history and authors); liturgical (Olam, E.K. Kurup corpus) (dataset and license). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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