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Meanings of liturgy in English

Russian
литургия
Portuguese
litúrgica
Spanish
litúrgica
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litúrgica
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Order and religious ceremonies and rites of the Jewish and Christian worship.

        Related terms
        литургия
        Portuguese
        liturgia
        Catalan
        eucaristia
        Spanish
        eucaristía

        A Christian sacrament commemorating the Last Supper by consecrating bread and wine.

            liturgia
            Usage of liturgy in English
            1
            The liturgy of the temple must have been singularly noble and imposing.
            A Popular History of the Art of Music / From the Earliest Times ...
            2
            One of his prayers has entered into the beautiful liturgy of Cranmer.
            Beacon Lights of History, Volume 04: Imperial Antiquity
            3
            There the Church is disarmed and her musical liturgy is as nought.
            En Route
            4
            Were the stories sung in the liturgy of Eleusis all so true?
            Essays in Literature and History
            5
            Then the liturgy took a higher tone, and became still more admirable.
            En Route
            6
            Discussions concerning church ceremonies, liturgy, ritual, he put aside with some impatience.
            A History of English Romanticism in the Nineteenth Century
            7
            Balkans: funeral traditions; primeval forests; shamans; Slavonic liturgy; traditional culture; vampire folklore; werewolves
            Vampire forensics: uncovering the origins of an enduring legend
            8
            The belief in the Divine ordaining of marriages affected the medieval Synagogue liturgy.
            The Book of Delight and Other Papers
            9
            He reorganised the Roman liturgy; he converted the Lombards and Saxons.
            The World's Greatest Books — Volume 12 — Modern History
            10
            The Church of England has something in her liturgy of the spiritual treadmill.
            The Note-Books of Samuel Butler
            11
            That is the whole of its theology; a prayer-mat is its whole liturgy.
            Historical Miniatures
            12
            Several parts of the liturgy are sung, with some short sections in Latin.
            The Irish Times
            13
            C. The liturgy and sanctuary of Christ superior to those of Judaism: viii.
            The Books of the New Testament
            14
            Neither did the Persian mysteries win the masses by their liturgy.
            The Oriental Religions in Roman Paganism
            15
            We use a liturgy that is at once ancient and pure.
            Hyacinth
            16
            He's never stopped his observance of the liturgy or the rituals.
            The King’s Curse
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            Liturgy through the time
            Liturgy across language varieties
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