Liturgical
adjective
Related to public worship or rituals, usually of a religious kind.
The priest chanted liturgical prayers during the church service.
Often appears as...
- liturgical music
- liturgical calendar
adjective
Related to public worship or rituals, usually of a religious kind.
The priest chanted liturgical prayers during the church service.
Often appears as...
- liturgical music
- liturgical calendar
Definition 1 of 1
Pro Tip 1/3Religious Context
Used mainly to describe elements of worship in Christian contexts, can be specific to a denomination.
She appreciated the liturgical robes worn by the clergy.
Pro Tip 2/3Ritual Importance
Emphasizes the set order or tradition in religious ceremonies.
The liturgical procession was solemn and carefully choreographed.
Pro Tip 3/3Cultural Diversity
The term can reflect the diverse cultural practices within religious rituals.
They incorporated local music into their liturgical celebration.
Pro Tip 1/3Religious Context
Used mainly to describe elements of worship in Christian contexts, can be specific to a denomination.
She appreciated the liturgical robes worn by the clergy.
Pro Tip 2/3Ritual Importance
Emphasizes the set order or tradition in religious ceremonies.
The liturgical procession was solemn and carefully choreographed.
Pro Tip 3/3Cultural Diversity
The term can reflect the diverse cultural practices within religious rituals.
They incorporated local music into their liturgical celebration.
Pro Tip 1/3Religious Context
Used mainly to describe elements of worship in Christian contexts, can be specific to a denomination.
She appreciated the liturgical robes worn by the clergy.
Pro Tip 2/3Ritual Importance
Emphasizes the set order or tradition in religious ceremonies.
The liturgical procession was solemn and carefully choreographed.
Pro Tip 3/3Cultural Diversity
The term can reflect the diverse cultural practices within religious rituals.
They incorporated local music into their liturgical celebration.
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What I discovered in New...
to think about sanitation that will perhaps help ameliorate the stigma and bring them into this conversation of how to craft a city that is sustainable and humane. Their work, I think, is kind of liturgical. They're on the streets every day, rhythmically.
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What I discovered in New...
to think about sanitation that will perhaps help ameliorate the stigma and bring them into this conversation of how to craft a city that is sustainable and humane. Their work, I think, is kind of liturgical. They're on the streets every day, rhythmically.
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David Gregory
American Journalist
As a Jew, I recognize the importance of Israel historically, liturgically: its place in our history and in our sacred texts. I fully recognize and appreciate that. I just think that, for me, a sole focus on Israel gets in the way of the pursuit of a relationship with God and a more spiritual existence within Judaism.
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Andre Previn
German Musician
Music critics have made it quite clear that any composer who ever contributed a four-bar jingle to a film was to be referred to as a 'Hollywood composer' from then on, even if the rest of his output were to consist solely of liturgical organ sonatas.
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Richard Corliss
American Writer
In their plush melodies and plummy platitudes, many Rodgers-and-Hammerstein songs were secular hymns, which so insinuated themselves into the ear of the Eisenhower-era listener that they became the liturgical music for the American mid-century.
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Bill Murray
American Actor
All of us kids ended up 'doing Mom.' There are four of us who've tried show business. Five if you insist on counting my sister the nun, who does liturgical dance.
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Jay Parini
American Writer
I have a mystical bent, and I pursue daily meditations that follow the liturgical calendar - what are called the 'daily offices' of the church.
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Stanley Hauerwas
American Theologian
War is America's central liturgical act necessary to renew our sense that we are a nation unlike other nations.
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Richard Morris
English Clergyman
Catholic liturgical music, it would seem, is everywhere but in the Catholic Church itself.
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Marilynne Robinson
American Novelist
I listen to Bach a great deal. In general I like to listen to hymns and liturgical music.
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David Gregory
American Journalist
As a Jew, I recognize the importance of Israel historically, liturgically: its place in our history and in our sacred texts. I fully recognize and appreciate that. I just think that, for me, a sole focus on Israel gets in the way of the pursuit of a relationship with God and a more spiritual existence within Judaism.
Quote examples
Andre Previn
German Musician
Music critics have made it quite clear that any composer who ever contributed a four-bar jingle to a film was to be referred to as a 'Hollywood composer' from then on, even if the rest of his output were to consist solely of liturgical organ sonatas.
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Richard Corliss
American Writer
In their plush melodies and plummy platitudes, many Rodgers-and-Hammerstein songs were secular hymns, which so insinuated themselves into the ear of the Eisenhower-era listener that they became the liturgical music for the American mid-century.
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Bill Murray
American Actor
All of us kids ended up 'doing Mom.' There are four of us who've tried show business. Five if you insist on counting my sister the nun, who does liturgical dance.
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Jay Parini
American Writer
I have a mystical bent, and I pursue daily meditations that follow the liturgical calendar - what are called the 'daily offices' of the church.
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Stanley Hauerwas
American Theologian
War is America's central liturgical act necessary to renew our sense that we are a nation unlike other nations.
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Richard Morris
English Clergyman
Catholic liturgical music, it would seem, is everywhere but in the Catholic Church itself.
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Marilynne Robinson
American Novelist
I listen to Bach a great deal. In general I like to listen to hymns and liturgical music.
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