Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun The study of liturgies.
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun The science or art of conducting public worship.
- noun Specifically, the science of liturgies—that is, of orders of public worship; liturgiology.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun The science of worship; history, doctrine, and interpretation of liturgies.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun The act of
liturgy .
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun the study of liturgies
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Examples
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Most unconventionally, they are required to study three subjects from a varied group, including “archaeology, mythology, liturgics, cooking,” and they are expected also to take up gardening or to adopt a four-legged pet.
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The segregation of ethics, or homiletics, or liturgics, from biblical interpretation dissolves into a critical study of the ways that particular expressions and practices fittingly or inappropriately bespeak the meanings we infer from biblical precedents.
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Dr. Leupold has gained renown as an Old Testament scholar and an authority on liturgics.
Exposition of Genesis: Volume 1 1892-1972 1942
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On the other hand, it has drawn to itself those in other sects whose tastes and tendencies would make them leaders in the study of liturgics, and thus while reinforcing itself has hindered the general advance of improvement in the methods of worship.
A History of American Christianity 1830-1907 1897
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He was a bachelor, not only of divinity but also in the social sense; a plump young man of eight and twenty summers, with an English accent, a low-crowned black felt hat, blue eyes, a cherubic smile, and very high views on liturgics.
Days Off And Other Digressions Henry Van Dyke 1892
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On the other hand, it has drawn to itself those in other sects whose tastes and tendencies would make them leaders in the study of liturgics, and thus while reinforcing itself has hindered the general advance of improvement in the methods of worship.
A History of American Christianity Leonard Woolsey Bacon 1868
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Porter chair in liturgics at General Theological Seminary in New York and is a former member of the SCLM.
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Praying for her guidance, I desperately looked for any broken pieces of liturgics which survived the bombing.
Latest Articles cnsblog 2010
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Following graduation, he will go to India, to receive training in liturgics, and to minister to the Malankara churches there.
News from SVOTS.Edu 2009
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"Ruth brings rich knowledge and experience of liturgics, seminary life and the Episcopal Church to this position, and we look forward to her arrival," said Donn F. Morgan, president and dean of CDSP.
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