liturgical

[li-tur-ji-kuh l]

adjective

of or relating to formal public worship or liturgies.

of or relating to the liturgy or Eucharistic service.

of or relating to liturgics.

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

Related formsli·tur·gi·cal·ly, adverban·ti·li·tur·gic, adjectivean·ti·li·tur·gi·cal, adjectivean·ti·li·tur·gi·cal·ly, adverbnon·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

Historical Examples of non-liturgical

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

British Dictionary definitions for non-liturgical

liturgical

liturgic (lɪˈtɜːdʒɪk)

adjective

of or relating to public worship

of or relating to the liturgy

Derived Formsliturgically, adverb

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Word Origin and History for non-liturgical

liturgical

adj.

1640s, from Late Latin liturgicus, from New Testament Greek leitourgikos "ministering," from leitourgos (see liturgy).