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liturgics

American  
[li-tur-jiks] / lɪˈtɜr dʒɪks /

noun

(used with a singular verb)
  1. the science or art of conducting public worship.

  2. the study of liturgies.


liturgics British  
/ lɪˈtɜːdʒɪks /

noun

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

"Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged" 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

Etymology

Origin of liturgics

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

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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.

From Washington Post • Jul. 16, 2021

Venite, vē-nī′tē, n. in liturgics, the 95th Psalm.

From Chambers's Twentieth Century Dictionary (part 4 of 4: S-Z and supplements) by Various

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