liturgical

[ li-tur-ji-kuh l ]

/ lɪˈtɜr dʒɪ kəl /

adjective

of or relating to formal public worship or liturgies.

of or relating to the liturgy or Eucharistic service.

of or relating to liturgics.

Words nearby liturgical

littoria, littre's hernia, littré, littérateur, litu, liturgical, liturgical drama, liturgical latin, liturgics, liturgiology, liturgist

Also li·tur·gic.

Origin of liturgical

1635–45; < Medieval Latin lītūrgic(us) < Late Greek leitourgikós ministering (leitourg(ós) minister + -ikos -ic; see liturgy) + -al¹

OTHER WORDS FROM liturgical

li·tur·gi·cal·ly, adverban·ti·li·tur·gic, adjectivean·ti·li·tur·gi·cal, adjectivean·ti·li·tur·gi·cal·ly, adverb

non·li·tur·gic, adjectivenon·li·tur·gi·cal, adjectivenon·li·tur·gi·cal·ly, adverb

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Examples from the Web for non-liturgical

The ministers of non-liturgical churches were not so easily controlled.
The Sequel of Appomattox|Walter Lynwood Fleming
They are non-liturgical days (with one possible exception, the Feast of Annunciation).
Great Lent: A School of Repentance|Alexander Schmemann
Germans and Swedes usually favor liturgical denominations; the Scotch incline to the non-liturgical.
The Church on the Changing Frontier|Helen O. Belknap

British Dictionary definitions for non-liturgical

liturgical

liturgic (lɪˈtɜːdʒɪk)

/ (lɪˈtɜːdʒɪkəl) /

adjective

of or relating to public worship

of or relating to the liturgy

Derived forms of liturgical

liturgically, adverb

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