noun (plural liturgies)

1. a form or formulary according to which public religious worship, especially Christian worship, is conducted:

典礼, (規定形式に従って行われる)礼拝式

e.g. the Church of England liturgy

e.g. mass noun : a tradition which found its expression in ritual and liturgy.

a religious service conducted according to a liturgy:

e.g. at the conclusion of the liturgy the Bishop presented the certificates.

(the Liturgy) the Eucharistic service of the Eastern Orthodox Church (also called the Divine Liturgy).

〖通例the L-〗典礼式文, (英国国教会の)祈禱書

2. (in ancient Greece) a public office or duty performed voluntarily by a rich Athenian.

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’.