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hierurgy

American

[hahy-uh-rur-jee, hahy-rur-] / ˈhaɪ əˌrɜr dʒi, ˈhaɪ rɜr- /

noun

a holy act or rite of worship.

Other Word Forms

Derived Forms

hierurgical

adjective

Inflected Forms

noun

hierurgies

plural

Etymology

Origin of hierurgy

1670–80; < Greek hierourgía, derivative of hierourgós ritually sacrificing priest. See hier-, -urgy

Example Sentences

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Its priests are called to an awful and tremendous hierurgy; its pontiffs are to be the pathfinders, the bridge-makers between the world of sense and the world of spirit.

From The Angels of Mons The Bowmen and Other Legends of the War by Machen, Arthur

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