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Look up: liturgy

  1. liturgy
    [n] - a rite or body of rites prescribed for public worship
    Found on http://www.webdictionary.co.uk/definitio

  2. liturgy
    In the Christian church, any written, authorized version of a service for public worship, especially the Roman Catholic Mass. Its development over the centuries has had a direct impact on music and...
    Found on http://www.thehistorychannel.co.uk/site/

  3. Liturgy
    The rites, observances, or procedures of the Christian Churches. Any prescribed form or set of forms for public religious worship.
    Found on http://www.virtualani.org/glossary/index

  4. Liturgy
    From the Greek word 'leitourgia' meaning 'service.' Forms and content of pulbic service for church worship.
    Found on http://www.stpeter.dircon.co.uk/pages/gl

  5. Liturgy
    Lit'ur·gy (lĭt'ŭr*jȳ) noun ; plural Liturgies (- jĭz). [ French liturgie , Late Latin liturgia , Greek leitoyrgi`a a public service, the public service of God, public worship; (assumed) le`i:tos , lei^tos , belonging to the people, public (fr. lao`s , lew`s , the people) + the root of
    Found on http://www.encyclo.co.uk/webster/L/52

  6. liturgy
    noun a rite or body of rites prescribed for public worship
    Found on http://wordnet.princeton.edu/perl/webwn?

  7. Liturgy
    A `liturgy` is the customary public worship done by a specific religious group, according to their particular traditions. The word may refer to an elaborate formal ritual such as the Catholic Mass, or a daily activity such as the Muslim salat (see `Oxford Dictionary of World Religions`, p.582–3). Not infrequently in Christianity, a distinction is made between so-called `liturgical` and `non-liturgical` churches based on the elaboration and/...
    Found on http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Liturgy

  8. Liturgy
    • (a.) An established formula for public worship, or the entire ritual for public worship in a church which uses prescribed forms; a formulary for public prayer or devotion. In the Roman Catholic Church it includes all forms and services in any language, in any part of the world, for the celebration of Mass.
    Found on http://thinkexist.com/dictionary/meaning

  9. liturgy
    (from the article `Taoism`) ...works the Tao is personified in a series of `celestial worthies` (t`ien-tsun), its primordial and uncreated manifestations. These in turn were ... [26 related articles]
    Found on http://www.britannica.com/eb/a-z/l/61


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