liturgics

[li-tur-jiks]

noun

(used with a singular verb)

1. the science or art of conducting public worship.

2. the study of liturgies.

liturgics

/ lɪˈtɜːdʒɪks /

noun

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

Word History and Origins

Origin of liturgics¹

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

Example Sentences

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.

From Washington Post