Crossword clues for liturgy
liturgy
- Service arrangement
- A Christian sacrament commemorating the Last Supper by consecrating bread and wine
- A rite or body of rites prescribed for public worship
- Ritual
- Church rite
- GI truly sorry in ceremony
- Communion the very thing, trapped by disease supposedly
- Celebration of sex during illness
- Broadcast right form of worship
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
The Collaborative International Dictionary
Liturgy \Lit"ur*gy\ (l[i^]t"[u^]r*j[y^]), n.; pl. Liturgies (l[i^]t"[u^]r*j[i^]z). [F. liturgie, LL. liturgia, Gr. 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 'e`rgon work. See Lay, a., and Work.] 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.
Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
1550s, "the service of the Holy Eucharist," from Middle French liturgie or directly from Late Latin/Medieval Latin liturgia "public service, public worship," from Greek leitourgia "a liturgy; public duty, ministration, ministry," from leitourgos "one who performs a public ceremony or service, public servant," from leito- "public" (from laos "people;" compare leiton "public hall," leite "priestess;" see lay (adj.)) + -ergos "that works," from ergon "work" (see organ). Meaning "collective formulas for the conduct of divine service in Christian churches" is from 1590s.
Wiktionary
n. 1 A predetermined or prescribed set of rituals that are performed, usually by a religion. 2 An official worship service of the Christian church.
Wikipedia
Liturgy is the customary public worship performed as a "work of the people" by a specific religious group, according to its particular beliefs, customs and traditions. Technically speaking, liturgy is a subset of ritual. When ritual is undertaken in order to participate in a divine act or assist a divine action, it is liturgy. If the ritual does not have this purpose it is not liturgy, but only ritual. Thus, the word, sometimes rendered by its English translation "service", may refer to an elaborate formal ritual by those who understand themselves to be participating in a divine action, such as the Eastern Orthodox Divine Liturgy , Catholic Mass, the Eucharist or Mass ( Anglican Communion). However, a daily activity such as the Muslim salah and Jewish synagogue services would be ritual, but not liturgy. If the Temple were re-established, the ritual undertaken by the Judaic priesthood within the Temple would be liturgy.
As a religious phenomenon, liturgy is a communal response to, and participation in, the sacred through activity reflecting praise, thanksgiving, supplication, or repentance. Ritualization may be associated with life events such as birth, coming of age, marriage and death. It thus forms the basis for establishing a relationship with a divine agency, as well as with other participants in the liturgy. Methods of dress, preparation of food, application of cosmetics or other hygienic practices are all considered liturgical activities.
Liturgy is a ballet made by New York City Ballet resident choreographer Christopher Wheeldon to music by Arvo Pärt. The premiere took place May 31, 2003 at the New York State Theater, Lincoln Center. Jock Soto danced Liturgy with Wendy Whelan at his farewell performance Sunday, June 19, 2005.
The liturgy (, leitourgia, from λαός / Laos, "the people" and the root / ergon, "work" ) was in ancient Greece a public service established by the city-state whereby its richest members (whether citizens or resident aliens), more or less voluntarily, financed the State with their personal wealth. It took its legitimacy from the idea that "personal wealth is possessed only through delegation from the city". The liturgical system dates back to the early days of Athenian democracy, but gradually fell into disuse by the end of the 4th century BC, eclipsed by the development of Euergetism in the Hellenistic period.
Liturgy is an American post-black metal band from Brooklyn, New York. The band features Hunter Hunt-Hendrix (vocals, guitar), Bernard Gann (guitar), Greg Fox (drums) and Tyler Dusenbury (bass). The band describes its style as "transcendental black metal," which is described in a declaration written by Hunt-Hendrix. Hunt-Hendrix cites Swans, Glenn Branca, and Lightning Bolt as influences.
Liturgy is a Christian term with several meanings:
- Christian liturgy
- Divine Liturgy
Liturgy may also refer to:
- Liturgy (ancient Greece) a public service by the richest citizens
- Liturgy (ballet), Christopher Wheeldon's ballet
- Liturgy (band), a black metal band from Brooklyn, New York
Usage examples of "liturgy".
The Church at Milan maintains the Ambrosian liturgy to the present date.
Living religious traditions begin to degenerate when their followers replace effective spiritual purification, attentional training, and contemplative inquiry with sterile liturgies, ritualistic meditations, and contemplative exercises pursued with the sense that the practitioner already knows their outcome.
It has auricular confession, dogmas, and symbols, esoteric and exoteric versions of the doctrine, converts and apostates, priests and scholastics, a whole ritual of exorcism, and a liturgy of mantle.
He was about to tell this chaplain that the liturgy of traditional Anglicanism was superior to that of reformed Papistry when the chaplain turned his face towards the entrance with mouth open in joy.
John the Precentor, who introduced the Roman liturgy into this country, bequeathed a number of valuable books to Wearmouth.
They contend for a spiritual creed and a spiritual worship: we have a Calvinistic creed, a Popish liturgy, and an Arminian clergy.
While the Columban brothers conformed to a monastic rule that was not unlike the one with which the Templars were familiar, based on Cistercian and Benedictine usage, their meditations and spiritual disciplines and even the liturgies they held in common with the rest of the Church Universal all breathed an air of liberation.
I was a willing slave of the liturgy of officialdom, a petty bureaucrat of Genesis, a chubby schoolboy transformed into a lowly clerk of the Decalogue brought up to date by the administrative grace of Red Tape.
They found fault with all that had been retained in the Prayer Book for which there was no direct warrant in Scripture, and many of them began to use, in secret conventicles, the Genevan instead of the English liturgy.
Split at which it was decided to prohibit the Slav language in liturgy and the Glagolitic script, and to support only the Latin language and script.
Mother Hilaria encouraged us to design our own Rule, write our own liturgy, choose our own dress.
Amatl mind, ancient Mesoamerican beliefs were so intertwined with Catholic liturgy as to be one indivisible belief.
It might be the last time he attended in single state to hear the liturgy: he was soon to marry Sibylla of Burgundy.
He was about to tell this chaplain that the liturgy of traditional Anglicanism was superior to that of reformed Papistry when the chaplain turned his face towards the entrance with mouth open in joy.
War on Sunday, on the old calendar and on fasting, obligatory rest on the décadi under penalty of fine and imprisonment,[92] obligatory fêtes on the anniversaries of January 21 and Fructidor 18, participation of all functionaries with their cult, obligatory attendance of public and private instructors with their pupils of both sexes at civic ceremonies, an obligatory liturgy with catechisms and programmes sent from Paris, rules for scenic display and for singings, readings, postures, acclamations and imprecations.