liturgy
nounA prescribed form or set of forms for public religious worship.
nounThe sacrament of the Eucharist.
nounIn ancient Greece, particularly at Athens, a form of personal service to the state which citizens possessing property to a certain amount were bound, when called upon, to perform at their own cost.
nounA form or method of conducting public worship; an appointed form for the words and acts used in the rites and ceremonies of the Christian church.
nounSpecifically, in liturgiology, and as the name most frequently used in the Greek Church, the form of service used in the celebration of the eucharist, or that service itself.
nounAn 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.
nounA predetermined or
An official worship service of the Christian church.
nouna Christian sacrament commemorating the Last Supper by consecrating bread and wine
nouna rite or body of rites prescribed for public worship