liturgy

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Etymology

From Latin liturgia, from Ancient Greek λειτουργία, from λειτ-, from λαός (“people”) + -ουργός, from ἔργον (“work”) (the public work of the people done on behalf of the people).

Noun

liturgy (plural liturgies)

1. A predetermined or prescribed set of rituals that are performed, usually by a religion.
2. An official worship service of the Christian church.

Derived terms

• liturgical
• liturgist

Related terms

• lay
• laity

Translations

a predetermined or prescribed set of rituals

Armenian: պատարագ (hy) (patarag) Breton: liderezh m. Dutch: liturgie (nl) f. Esperanto: liturgio (eo) Finnish: liturgia, alttaripalvelus French: liturgie (fr) f. Georgian: ლიტურგია (ka) (liturgia) German: Liturgie (de) f. Greek: λειτουργία (el) (leitourgía) f. Japanese: 奉神礼 (ほうしんれい, hōshinrē); in Orthodox Church 典礼 (てんれい, tenrē); in Catholic Church 礼拝 (れいはい, rēhai); in Catholic, Protestant, Anglicanism

Latin: liturgia (la) f. Polish: liturgia (pl) f. Russian: литургия (ru) (liturgíja) f. Serbo-Croatian: Cyrillic: литургија f., богослужба f., богoслужје n., богослужeње n. Latin: liturgija f., bogoslužba f., bogoslužje n., bogosluženje n. Slovene: liturgija (sl) f. Spanish: liturgia (es) f.

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West Frisian

Pronunciation

• IPA: /litørˈɡi/

Noun

liturgy c. (plural liturgys)

1. liturgy