Liturgy

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Etymology

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

Noun

Singular Liturgy

Plural liturgies

Liturgy (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(hy) (patarag) Bosnian: liturgija bs(bs) f. Breton: liderezh m. Croatian: liturgija hr(hr) f. Dutch: liturgie nl(nl) f. Finnish: liturgia, alttaripalvelus French: liturgie fr(fr) f. German: Liturgie de(de) f. Greek: λειτουργία el(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(la) f. Polish: liturgia pl(pl) f. Russian: литургия ru(ru) (liturgíja) f. Serbian: Cyrillic: литургија f., богослужба f., богoслужје n., богослужeње n. Latin: liturgija f., bogoslužba f., bogoslužje n., bogosluženje n. Slovene: liturgija sl(sl) f.

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