How to Use liturgy in a Sentence

liturgy

noun
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  • He was studying Christian liturgy.
  • The wake will end with a liturgy of the word, a Catholic service.
    — BostonGlobe.com, 8 Sep. 2021
  • But the liturgy seems to have been in the hands of Francis all along.
    — Jason Horowitz, New York Times, 9 Sep. 2017
  • This is always the case with the rites of the sacred liturgy.
    — Michael Brendan Dougherty, National Review, 9 Mar. 2022
  • The Catholic Church’s liturgy wars are about the most essential truths of the Gospel.
    — Michael Brendan Dougherty, National Review, 29 July 2022
  • Yaquis danced and a priest gave the liturgy and then placed the artist’s cowboy hat on the pine coffin.
    — Ron Dungan, azcentral, 16 Jan. 2016
  • The church was nearly filled for the liturgy, which was livestreamed and can be viewed on the parish website, samparish.org.
    — Carol Kovach, cleveland, 19 July 2022
  • The monks pray at least six times a day, in accordance with the canonical hours of the liturgy.
    — Julian Lucas, The New Yorker, 29 Aug. 2022
  • Apologies should come from the Catholic liturgy, not be written by lawyers.
    — The Salt Lake Tribune, 1 Feb. 2022
  • At church, John would be a server and James would be with 40 other kids at the children’s liturgy.
    — Keith Bierygolick, The Enquirer, 13 Aug. 2021
  • In the liturgy my own parish priest or deacons will sing the words denying Christ and condemning him to death.
    — Michael Brendan Dougherty, National Review, 2 Apr. 2021
  • In the mission lands, let bishops adapt the liturgy to local cultures.
    — Nicholas Frankovich, National Review, 21 Sep. 2017
  • Francis was to preside over a liturgy of the word service there late Tuesday and bless the waters.
    — Nicole Winfield, Anchorage Daily News, 26 July 2022
  • Father Faucher had a very serious view of the liturgy and mass.
    — Katy Moeller, idahostatesman, 4 June 2018
  • The liturgy focuses sharply on the majesty of a God who sits in judgment of all humanity.
    — Jack Wertheimer, WSJ, 6 Sep. 2018
  • Sarah, who heads the Vatican’s liturgy office and is from Guinea, said Tuesday.
    — NBC News, 14 Jan. 2020
  • Prayers for sustenance are part of the liturgy, alongside those for peace, long life and forgiveness.
    — Sonja Sharp, Los Angeles Times, 15 Sep. 2023
  • Midnight Mass on Christmas Eve 1948 was the first liturgy celebrated in the new church.
    — Carol Kovach, cleveland, 5 Oct. 2021
  • Catholics call it a Mass of Christian funeral liturgy, but that part of Papa’s goodbye will have to wait.
    — Brad Townsend, Dallas News, 23 Apr. 2020
  • In the 1960s, the church sought to make the faith more accessible with liturgy in living languages that made use of modern idioms in its prayer books.
    — New York Times, 16 July 2021
  • Sarah, who heads the Vatican’s liturgy office, tweeted at one point as the scandal grew.
    — Washington Post, 14 Jan. 2020
  • Most of the liturgy in the Mass mirrors those in funerals for reigning pontiffs.
    — Mark Heim | Mheim@al.com, al, 4 Jan. 2023
  • Hentz is a member of Scecina’s liturgy club and sets up and tears down all school liturgical services.
    — Kyle Neddenriep, The Indianapolis Star, 18 Dec. 2020
  • Since 1997, the church has allowed ashes to be present during a funeral liturgy.
    — Manya Brachear Pashman, chicagotribune.com, 10 July 2017
  • And the monks followed up with research trips across the continent, working to create a truly pan-African liturgy.
    — Julian Lucas, The New Yorker, 29 Aug. 2022
  • Sukkot is the only festival referred to as zeman simhateinu, the time of happiness in our liturgy.
    — Rabbi Avi Weiss, sun-sentinel.com, 20 Sep. 2021
  • Even his basic message about the embassy -- next year in Jerusalem -- is a cornerstone phrase of Jewish liturgy.
    — Margaret Talev, Bloomberg.com, 22 Jan. 2018
  • During the liturgy of the Eucharist, when Catholics believe bread becomes the body of Christ, the priest faces ad orientem — away from the congregation and toward the East.
    — Jonathan M. Pitts, baltimoresun.com, 14 Dec. 2017
  • No rules were broken and the liturgy unfolded in all its dignity.
    — The Economist, 9 Sep. 2019
  • The coronation invitations and the liturgy for the service refer to Queen Camilla.
    — Victoria Bisset, Washington Post, 1 May 2023

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