liturgics

American

[li-tur-jiks] / lɪˈtɜr dʒɪks /

noun

(used with a singular verb)

the science or art of conducting public worship.
the study of liturgies.

liturgics British

/ lɪˈtɜːdʒɪks /

noun

Also called: liturgiology. (functioning as singular) the study of liturgies

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Etymology

Origin of liturgics

1670–80; plural of liturgic < Medieval Latin lītūrgicus liturgical; -ics

Example Sentences

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It’s a pleading that is often call-and-response between a cleric and a congregation, said Ruth Meyers, a liturgics professor at Church Divinity School of the Pacific in Berkeley, Calif.

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