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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.…

pitch or modulation of the voice in reciting portions of the liturgy.

A church service; a ritual or liturgy. [In this sense, usually Agenda.]

A name given to that part of the Anglican liturgy for the communion, which precedes the consecration of the elements.

s, in present usage, a selection from the Psalms, or other parts of the Scriptures or the liturgy, set to sacred music.

service performed at the interment of the dead; a funeral service. (b) That portion of a liturgy which is read at an interment; as, the English burial service.

ensive prayer, adapted to a particular day, occasion, or condition, and forming part of a liturgy. The noble poem on the massacres of Piedmont is strictly a collect in verse. Macaulay.

An office in the liturgy of the Church of England, used on Ash Wednesday, containing a recital of God's anger and judgments against sinners.

A formulary of prayers; the book of offices in the Greek Church, containing the liturgy, sacraments, and forms of prayers.

To modulate the voice in a musical, sonorous, and measured manner, as in reading the liturgy; to intone.

Pertaining to, of or the nature of, a liturgy; of or pertaining to public prayer and worship. T. Warton.

In the manner of a liturgy.

One who favors or adheres strictly to a liturgy. Milton.

efly in Syria and Egypt, which acknowledges the authority of the pope, but adheres to the liturgy and ceremonies of the Eastern Church.

on of Christians formerly living under the government of the Moors in Spain, and having a liturgy and ritual of their own. [Written also Mozarab, Mostarab.] Brande & C.

Of or pertaining to Muzarabs; as, the Muzarabic liturgy. [Written also Mozarabic.]

Which, if should repeat again, would turn my answers into responsories, and beget another liturgy. Milton.

A liturgy, or use, put forth about 1087 by St. Osmund, bishop of Sarum, based on Anglo-Saxon and Norman customs.