The definition of liturgy is the ritual or script for various forms of public worship in churches.
(noun)An example of liturgy is the sacrament of the Eucharist.
See liturgy in Webster's New World College Dictionary
noun pl. liturgies
Origin: Fr liturgie < ML(Ec) liturgia < Gr leitourgia, public service to the gods (in LXX & N.T., ministry of priests), ult. < leōs, laos, people + ergon, work
See liturgy in American Heritage Dictionary 4
noun pl. lit·ur·gies
Origin:
Origin: Late Latin lītūrgia
Origin: , from Greek leitourgiā, public service
Origin: , from leitourgos, public servant
Origin: , from earlier lēitourgos
Origin: : lēiton, town hall (from lēos, dialectal variant of lāos, people)
Origin: + ergon, work; see werg- in Indo-European roots
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