| 单词 | liturgy |
| 释义 | liturgy (once / 3965 pages) n A liturgy is like a script for a religious service, the official set of rules for performing a religious ceremony. Liturgy has everything to do with the way people worship in public. In fact, this noun comes to us from the Greek word leitourgia, which means "public service, worship of the gods." In Christianity, The Liturgy is a specific service for the sacrament of the Eucharist. But every religion has their own form of liturgy or set way of performing certain worship rituals. WORD FAMILYliturgy: liturgical, liturgies, liturgist+/liturgical: liturgically/liturgist: liturgists USAGE EXAMPLESSome of them even use Aramaic, the language spoken by Jesus, in their liturgies. Wall Street Journal(Dec 23, 2016) A service of Holy Eucharist will be held in the parish hall, a casual environment following flexible forms of liturgy with contemporary music and visuals. Washington Post(Nov 25, 2016) Steeped instead in literary discipline, French chanson and Jewish liturgy, his work suggested old-fashioned patience. The Guardian(Nov 11, 2016) n a rite or body of rites prescribed for public worship Hypo|Hyper Christian liturgy the Christian worship services religious rite, rite an established ceremony prescribed by a religion Liturgy (once / 16861 pages) n WORD FAMILY Liturgy: Liturgies USAGE EXAMPLESThe choir will also sing responses for the Divine Liturgy at 10:30 a.m. on Sunday. Washington Post(Oct 07, 2016) The five-hour event started with a Hierarchical Divine Liturgy at noon. Washington Times(Aug 29, 2016) On Sunday, Pope Francis attended the Divine Liturgy celebrated by the patriarch at Etchmiadzin, the center of the Armenian Apostolic Church. US News(Jun 28, 2016) n a Christian sacrament commemorating the Last Supper by consecrating bread and wine Syn|Hyper Eucharist, Eucharistic liturgy, Holy Eucharist, Holy Sacrament, Lord's Supper, sacrament of the Eucharist sacrament a formal religious ceremony conferring a specific grace on those who receive it; the two Protestant ceremonies are baptism and the Lord's Supper; in the Roman Catholic Church and the Eastern Orthodox Church there are seven traditional rites accepted as instituted by Jesus: baptism and confirmation and Holy Eucharist and penance and holy orders and matrimony and extreme unction |
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