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lit⋅ur⋅gy

  [lit-er-jee]
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–noun, plural -gies.
1. a form of public worship; ritual.
2. a collection of formularies for public worship.
3. a particular arrangement of services.
4. a particular form or type of the Eucharistic service.
5. the service of the Eucharist, esp. this service (Divine Liturgy) in the Eastern Church.
Origin:
1550–60; < LL lītūrgia < Gk leitourgía public service, eccl. Gk: Eucharist, equiv. to leitourg(ós) minister + -ia -y 3
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lit·ur·gy   (lĭt'ər-jē)   
n.   pl. lit·ur·gies

  1. A prescribed form or set of forms for public religious worship.

  2. often Liturgy Christianity The sacrament of the Eucharist.


[Late Latin lītūrgia, from Greek leitourgiā, public service, from leitourgos, public servant, from earlier lēitourgos : lēiton, town hall (from lēos, dialectal variant of lāos, people) + ergon, work; see werg- in Indo-European roots.]
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liturgy 
1560, "the service of the Holy Eucharist," from M.Fr. liturgie, from L.L. liturgia "public service, public worship," from Gk. leitourgia, from leitourgos "one who performs a public ceremony or service, public servant," from leito- "public" (from laos "people;" cf. leiton "public hall," leite "priestess") + -ergos "that works," from ergon "work" (see urge (v.)). Meaning "collective formulas for the conduct of divine service in Christian churches" is from c.1593.
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper
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