adjective
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of or relating to public worship
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of or relating to the liturgy
Other Word Forms
- antiliturgic adjective
- antiliturgical adjective
- antiliturgically adverb
- liturgically adverb
- nonliturgic adjective
- nonliturgical adjective
- nonliturgically adverb
Etymology
Origin of liturgical
1635–45; < Medieval Latin lītūrgic ( us ) < Late Greek leitourgikós ministering ( leitourg ( ós ) minister + -ikos -ic; liturgy ) + -al 1
Example Sentences
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Pontormo wasn’t painting in a vacuum, and his decision to shake up artistic conventions may also reflect the turbulent politics, local and liturgical, of his times.
That involves “rising before dawn to begin the day with liturgical prayer and returning to church periodically during the day for further prayer together.”
From MarketWatch
With spectacular fecundity, Bach churned out one masterpiece after another in meeting his liturgical deadlines, and they stand as one of the proudest explorations of the human imagination.
Leonard Bernstein was commissioned to write a theatrical piece for the center’s opening in 1971, which turned out to be an irreverent “Mass” — musically, liturgically, culturally and, most assuredly, politically.
From Los Angeles Times
The assembled liturgical objects, save one, bear witness to the highest levels of European artistry and craftsmanship of the period.
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