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liturgy

/ˈlɪtədʒi/LIH-tur-jee
/ˈlɪtɚdʒi/LIH-tur-jee

Meaninga work for the people

Common meaning: a fixed form of public worship

Journey through time

  1. Greekλαός‘the people, the common folk’
  2. Latinliturgia
  3. Englishliturgy‘a fixed form of public worship’ · today

lit also in: laylaity

Sources & notes

Meaning: “Meaning” is the sense that emerges from the word’s roots; “Common meaning” is today’s everyday sense. Both written by us.

Pronunciation

  • UK IPA: converted from the US form by rule (unchecked). Respelling: generated.
  • No UK recording; the speaker uses your device’s en-GB voice.
  • US IPA: CMUdict (BSD-2), converted to IPA by rule. Respelling: generated.
  • No US recording; the speaker uses your device’s en-US voice.

Origin: Built on Greek λαός ‘the people, the common folk’.

Did you know: our wording, based on Liddell & Scott, Greek-English Lexicon (1883), entry λαός, p. 876 · dictionary scan

Roots

  • λαός Greek “the people, the common folk”

Related words

laitylay

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