Liturgy



GRE

解释

GRE 红宝书

• n. 礼拜形式
• ［英］ n. 礼拜形式 ( prescribed forms or ritual for public worship)
• ［记］ lit ( 可能来自litter一群) +urg ( 工作) +y -> 一群人一起工作 -> 作礼拜

Webster Collegiate

noun (plural -gies)

• Etymology: Late Latin liturgia, from Greek leitourgia public service, from Greek (Attic) le?ton public building (from Greek laos — Attic leōs — people) + -ourgia -urgy
• Date: 1560
• 1. often capitalized a eucharistic rite
• 2. a rite or body of rites prescribed for public worship
• 3. a customary repertoire of ideas, phrases, or observances

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