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Another word for liturgical

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Adjective

  1. Of or characterized by ceremony

      1. Relating to ritual or ritualism.
      2. Advocating or practicing ritual.
      1. A ceremony in which the actions and wording follow a prescribed form and order.
      2. The body of ceremonies or rites used in a place of worship or by an organization:
      3. A book of rites or ceremonial forms.
      1. Relating to or involving outward form or structure, often in contrast to content or meaning.
      2. Being or relating to essential form or constitution:
      3. Following or being in accord with accepted or prescribed forms, conventions, or regulations:
      1. Strictly observant of or devoted to ceremony, ritual, or etiquette; punctilious:
      2. Characterized by ceremony.
      3. In accord with prescribed or customary usage; rigidly formal.
      1. Of, appropriate to, or characterized by ceremony; formal or ritual.
      2. Involved or used in ceremonies:
      3. A set of ceremonies prescribed for an occasion; a ritual.
    See also:

    ritual

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Another word for liturgical

Modifier
      1. A ceremony in which the actions and wording follow a prescribed form and order.
      2. The body of ceremonies or rites used in a place of worship or by an organization:
      3. A book of rites or ceremonial forms.
      1. Serious and dignified:
      2. Showing or behaving with dignified restraint or earnestness:
      3. Performed with full ceremony:
      1. Of, appropriate to, or characterized by ceremony; formal or ritual.
      2. Involved or used in ceremonies:
      3. A set of ceremonies prescribed for an occasion; a ritual.
    See also:

    divine

    conventional

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Sentence Examples

  • The walls are abundantly decorated with paintings, one of a liturgical character.

  • (1727), have no liturgical significance.

  • It is noticeable that even the more highly developed forms of liturgical prayer tend, in the recitation of divine titles, attributes and the like, to present a survival of this magical use of potent names.

  • See the liturgical and ecclesiastical dictionaries of Martigny, Migne, and Smith and Cheetham, sub voce, where all the scattered references are collected together and summarized.

  • During the Russian Dark Ages certain clerical errors had crept into the liturgical books Reforms a nd certain peculiarities had been adopted in the ritual.

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