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liturgical

adj · 2 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.

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Pronunciation

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  • /lɪˈtɝd͡ʒɪkəl/
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  • CMU ARPABET: L AH0 T ER1 JH IH0 K AH0 L Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.

1

adj

Meaning 1

Pertaining to liturgy.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: not-comparable

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

2

adjective

Meaning 2

of or relating to or in accord with liturgy

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

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Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

History

Etymology

From Latin lītūrgicus + -al. By surface analysis, liturgy + -ical.

Across languages

Translations

35 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Afrikaans: liturgiese — Pertaining to liturgy
  • Albanian: liturgjik — Pertaining to liturgy
  • Arabic: طَقْسِيّ (ṭaqsiyy) — Pertaining to liturgy
  • Armenian: ծիսական (cisakan) — Pertaining to liturgy
  • Asturian: llitúrxicu — Pertaining to liturgy
  • Catalan: litúrgic — Pertaining to liturgy
  • Czech: liturgický — Pertaining to liturgy
  • Danish: liturgisk — Pertaining to liturgy
  • Dutch: liturgisch — Pertaining to liturgy
  • Esperanto: liturgia — Pertaining to liturgy
  • Faroese: liturgiskur — Pertaining to liturgy
  • Finnish: liturginen — Pertaining to liturgy
  • French: liturgique — Pertaining to liturgy
  • Galician: litúrxico — Pertaining to liturgy
  • Georgian: ლიტურგიული (liṭurgiuli) — Pertaining to liturgy
  • German: liturgisch — Pertaining to liturgy
  • Greek: λειτουργικός (leitourgikós) — Pertaining to liturgy
  • Icelandic: litúrgískur — Pertaining to liturgy
  • Indonesian: liturgis — Pertaining to liturgy
  • Italian: liturgico — Pertaining to liturgy
  • Ladino: liturjiko — Pertaining to liturgy
  • Latin: liturgicalis — Pertaining to liturgy
  • Latvian: liturģisks — Pertaining to liturgy
  • Lithuanian: liturginis — Pertaining to liturgy
  • Norwegian Bokmål: liturgisk — Pertaining to liturgy
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: liturgisk — Pertaining to liturgy
  • Polish: liturgiczny — Pertaining to liturgy
  • Portuguese: litúrgico — Pertaining to liturgy
  • Romanian: liturgic — Pertaining to liturgy
  • Russian: литурги́ческий (liturgíčeskij) — Pertaining to liturgy
  • Slovak: liturgický — Pertaining to liturgy
  • Spanish: litúrgico — Pertaining to liturgy
  • Swedish: liturgisk — Pertaining to liturgy
  • Ukrainian: літургі́йний (liturhíjnyj) — Pertaining to liturgy
  • Ukrainian: літургі́чний (liturhíčnyj) — Pertaining to liturgy
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