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   liturgy

   /ˈlɪtədʒi/

   noun

   • 1. a form or formulary according to which public religious worship, especially Christian worship, is conducted: "the Church of England liturgy"
   • ▪ a religious service conducted according to a liturgy: "at the conclusion of the liturgy the Bishop presented the certificates"
   • ▪ the service of the Eucharist in the Orthodox Church.
   • ▪ the Book of Common Prayer. archaic
   • 2. (in ancient Greece) a public office or duty performed voluntarily by a rich Athenian.

   Word Origin mid 16th century: via French or late Latin from Greek leitourgia ‘public service, worship of the gods’, from leitourgos ‘minister’, from lēitos ‘public’ + -ergos ‘working’.

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