liturgy
UK/ˈlɪtəd͡ʒi//ˈlɪtɚd͡ʒi/
liturgy noun: a predetermined or prescribed set of rituals that are performed, usually by a religion; a book in which they are recorded.
Noun
liturgy (countable and uncountable, plural liturgies)
- A predetermined or prescribed set of rituals that are performed, usually by a religion; a book in which they are recorded.
- Near-synonyms: (book) breviary, missal, portal, portass, psalter
- An official worship service of the Christian church.
- In Ancient Greece, a form of personal service to the state.
liturgy meaning in Tamil, Urdu, Bengali and Malayalam
liturgy in Tamil
- வழிபாட்டு முறை
liturgy in Urdu
- a predetermined or prescribed set of rituals
- لطوریا litūriā
liturgy in Bengali
- ধর্মানুষ্ঠান পদ্ধতি, উপাসনা বিধি
liturgy in Malayalam
- ceremony, ritual, worship
- ലിറ്റർജി, ആരാധനാക്രമം, പ്രാർത്ഥനാക്രമം, വിശുദ്ധകുർബ്ബാന, ആരാധനയുടെ നിർദ്ദിഷ്ടക്രമം, പൂജാവിധി
More languagesFewer languages
- liturgy in Tagalog
- palasambahan, palamisahan, liturhiya
- liturgy in Malay
- upacara
- liturgy in Vietnamese
- thánh lễ, lễ trọng, phụng vụ
Examples of liturgy in a sentence
- In choir and cloister, gathering up dropped Syllables, mismumbled words dislodged From the liturgy by sinful clerics.
- And like a Greek priest, I sang the divine liturgy of St.
- All synactic performance, which includes the eucharistic liturgy, is thus by its nature inherently public.
Synonyms of liturgy
Forms of liturgy
| plural | liturgies |
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Origin of liturgy
From Middle French liturgie, from Latin liturgia, from Ancient Greek λειτουργία (leitourgía), from λειτ- (leit-), from λαός (laós, “people”) + -ουργός (-ourgós), from ἔργον (érgon, “work”) (the public work of the people done on behalf of the people).
Words formed from liturgy
Questions about liturgy
- What does liturgy mean?
- Liturgy means a predetermined or prescribed set of rituals that are performed, usually by a religion; a book in which they are recorded.
- What is liturgy in Tamil?
- Liturgy in Tamil is வழிபாட்டு முறை. See Liturgy meaning in Tamil.
- What part of speech is liturgy?
- Liturgy is a noun.
- How do you pronounce liturgy?
- Liturgy is pronounced /ˈlɪtəd͡ʒi/ (UK).
- What is the plural of liturgy?
- The plural of liturgy is liturgies.
Words near liturgy in the dictionary
Source and license
Adapted from Wiktionary: liturgy (page history and authors); liturgy (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors); Liturgy (Bengali Wiktionary) (page history and authors); liturgy (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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