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liturgia

liturgy

noun lee-TOOR-hyah Rare
Arts & Culture Religion

Origin: Greek leitourgia (public service, worship)

Usage Note

Liturgia refers to the prescribed set of rituals and prayers of a religious service, especially in Catholic or Orthodox practice. By extension it can describe any formal, ritualised sequence of actions: la liturgia de los premios (the ritual of award ceremonies). It is always feminine: la liturgia.

Examples

"La liturgia de la misa sigue un orden fijo."

Natural Translation

The liturgy of the Mass follows a fixed order.

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