English-Thai Dictionary

liturgy

N พิธี สวด  พิธี สักการะบูชา  pi-te-sud

 

Webster's 1828 Dictionary

LITURGY

n.[Gr. public, and work. ] In a general sense, all public ceremonies that belong to divine service; hence, in a restricted sense, among the Romanists, the mass; and among protestants, the common prayer, or the formulary of public prayers.

 

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

LITURGY

Lit "ur *gy, n.; pl. Liturgies. Etym: [F. liturgie, LL. liturgia, Gr. Lay, a., and Work. ]

 

Defn: An established formula for public worship, or the entire ritual for public worship in a church which uses prescribed forms; a formulary for public prayer or devotion. In the Roman Catholic Church it includes all forms and services in any language, in any part of the world, for the celebration of Mass.

 

New American Oxford Dictionary

liturgy

lit ur gy |ˈlitərjē ˈlɪdərʤi | ▶noun ( pl. liturgies ) 1 a form or formulary according to which public religious worship, esp. Christian worship, is conducted. • a religious service conducted according to such a form or formulary. • (the Liturgy ) the Eucharistic service of the Eastern Orthodox Church (also called the Divine Liturgy ). 2 (in ancient Athens ) a public office or duty performed voluntarily by a rich Athenian. DERIVATIVES lit ur gist noun ORIGIN mid 16th cent.: via French or late Latin from Greek leitourgia ‘public service, worship of the gods, ’ from leitourgos ‘minister, ’ from lēitos ‘public ’ + -ergos ‘working. ’

 

Oxford Dictionary

liturgy

liturgy |ˈlɪtədʒi | ▶noun ( pl. liturgies ) 1 a form or formulary according to which public religious worship, especially Christian worship, is conducted. • a religious service conducted according to a liturgy. • ( the Liturgy ) the service of the Eucharist in the Orthodox Church. • ( the Liturgy ) archaic the Book of Common Prayer. 2 (in ancient Greece ) a public office or duty performed voluntarily by a rich Athenian. ORIGIN mid 16th cent.: via French or late Latin from Greek leitourgia ‘public service, worship of the gods ’, from leitourgos ‘minister ’, from lēitos ‘public ’ + -ergos ‘working ’.

 

American Oxford Thesaurus

liturgy

liturgy noun the Anglican liturgy: ritual, worship, service, ceremony, rite, observance, celebration, sacrament; tradition, custom, practice, rubric; formal ordinance.

 

Oxford Thesaurus

liturgy

liturgy noun the Anglican liturgy: ritual, worship, service, ceremony, rite, observance, celebration, ordinance, office, sacrament, solemnity, ceremonial; formulation, form, custom, practice, tradition, rubric.

 

Sanseido Wisdom Dictionary

liturgy

lit ur gy /lɪ́tə r dʒi /名詞 複 -gies C 1 典礼, (規定形式に従って行われる )礼拝式 .2 〖通例the L- 〗典礼式文, (英国国教会の )祈禱 （きとう ）書 .