liturgy
Church service formula
Liturgy is the prescribed form of public worship in a religious tradition, especially the rituals, prayers, and ceremonies of Christian churches.
The Catholic Mass and Orthodox Divine Liturgy are liturgies in this formal sense.
More broadly, any established ritual order: the liturgy of a graduation ceremony, the familiar liturgy of Thanksgiving dinner.
The adjective is liturgical.
Quantity of matter
- vespersEvening devotional service
- matinsLiturgical dawn devotions
- complineDay's final liturgy
- laudsExpresses high admiration
communion · benediction · offertory · introit · collect · rite · rubric · procession
Catholic service text collection
- breviaryDaily prayer compilation
- lectionaryScheduled scripture for services
- psalterDevotional song compilation
- hymnalReligious song collection
gradual · pontifical · ordo · ordinary · rubrics · typikon · siddur
Unaccompanied liturgical melody
- gregorian chantMonophonic sacred vocal tradition
- antiphonAlternating liturgical song
- psalmodySacred vocal music practice
- hymnReligious song of praise
canticle · motet · anthem · chorale · introit · gradual · alleluia · sequence
Sacred ritual table
- vestmentsCeremonial religious attire
- chaliceOrnate ritual drinking vessel
- patenEucharistic bread dish
- censerVessel for burning aromatics
incense · monstrance · crucifix · tabernacle · cruets · corporal · stole · chasuble
Profound admiring respect
- solemnitySerious, dignified quality
- worshipReligious reverence and praise
- adorationProfound loving regard
- pietySincere religious devotion
sanctity · holiness · prayer · meditation · veneration · contemplation · sacred · observance
One who observes festivities
- priestOne who performs sacraments
- deaconJunior clergy member
- acolyteClergy's ceremonial assistant
- lectorOne who recites aloud
cantor · crucifer · server · choir · congregation · bishop · presider · sacristan
Notable arrival or emergence
- lentGave to return
- epiphanySudden profound insight
- feast daySaint's commemorative holiday
- ascensionMovement to higher position
annunciation · assumption · octave · vigil · solemnity
mass
Quantity of matter
lauds · communion · benediction · offertory · introit · collect · rite · rubric · procession · genuflection
missal
Catholic service text collection
- breviaryDaily prayer compilation
- lectionaryScheduled scripture for services
- psalterDevotional song compilation
hymnal · gradual · pontifical · ordo · ordinary · rubrics · typikon · siddur
plainchant
Unaccompanied liturgical melody
- gregorian chantMonophonic sacred vocal tradition
- antiphonAlternating liturgical song
- psalmodySacred vocal music practice
hymn · canticle · motet · anthem · chorale · introit · gradual · alleluia · sequence · magnificat
altar
Sacred ritual table
censer · incense · monstrance · crucifix · tabernacle · cruets · corporal · stole · chasuble · alb
reverence
Profound admiring respect
- solemnitySerious, dignified quality
- worshipReligious reverence and praise
- adorationProfound loving regard
piety · sanctity · holiness · prayer · meditation · veneration · contemplation · sacred · observance · fervor
celebrant
One who observes festivities
lector · cantor · crucifer · server · choir · congregation · bishop · presider · sacristan · master of ceremonies
advent
Notable arrival or emergence
ascension · annunciation · assumption · octave · vigil · solemnity
- traditionstradition, custom, customs, cultural practices, rituals
- written documentsnewspaper, diary, journal, manuscript, scroll
- group chantschant, chorus, anthem, mantra, cheer
- Latin studiesLatin vocabulary, Latin poetry, Latin literature, Latin translation, Latin translations
liturgyprivate prayer
Solitary communion with deity
personal devotion · quiet time · contemplative prayer · contemplation
- liturgical vestmentsCeremonial priestly clothing
- liturgical vesselsContainers for worship rites
- liturgical dramaReligious theatrical performance
- Easter liturgyResurrection Sunday worship service
- liturgical yearAnnual cycle of Christian seasons