liturgy (lit|urgy)

noun (plural liturgies)

• 1a form or formulary according to which public religious worship, especially Christian worship, is conducted: the Church of England liturgy [mass noun]: a tradition which found its expression in ritual and liturgy
• a religious service conducted according to a liturgy: at the conclusion of the liturgy the Bishop presented the certificates
• (the Liturgy) the service of the Eucharist in the Orthodox Church.
• (the Liturgy) archaic the Book of Common Prayer.

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