liturgiology

[li-tur-jee-ol-uh-jee]

noun

1. liturgics.

Other Word Forms

• liturgiological adjective
• liturgiologist noun

Word History and Origins

Origin of liturgiology¹

First recorded in 1860–65; liturgy + -o- ( def. ) + -logy ( def. )

Example Sentences

It was, however, in sacramental theology, liturgiology, and notably ecclesiastical music that Gerbert was mainly interested.

From Project Gutenberg

Professor of ecclesiastical history and liturgiology in St. John's College, Winnipeg, and chancellor of the University of Manitoba.

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To be sure, it can be asserted for liturgiology that to those who love it it is a study that proves itself, like poetry, "its own exceeding great reward."

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