Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun The science or systematic study of appointed forms of public worship, especially of the ancient forms for the celebration of the eucharist. See
liturgy .
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun The science treating of liturgical matters; a treatise on, or description of, liturgies.
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- noun
liturgics
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- noun the study of liturgies
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There are then these three aspects under which liturgiology should be considered by a Catholic theologian, as an element of canon law, church history, and dogmatic theology.
The Catholic Encyclopedia, Volume 13: Revelation-Stock 1840-1916 1913
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Such instruction in liturgiology should include some notion of ecclesiology in general, the history and comparison of church planning and architecture, of vestments and church music.
The Catholic Encyclopedia, Volume 13: Revelation-Stock 1840-1916 1913
reesetee commented on the word liturgiology
Liturgics.
October 24, 2008