How to Use liturgy in a Sentence

liturgy

noun

• He was studying Christian liturgy.
• The liturgies of this sacred week bid you to simply endure them — their sheer testing length, their beauty, and their drama.
  — Michael Brendan Dougherty, National Review, 22 Mar. 2024
• 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 | [e-mail], 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
• Some also attend special church services and prayer vigils, or a Good Friday liturgy Friday evening.
  — Marina Johnson, The Indianapolis Star, 19 Mar. 2024

Last Updated: 10 Dec 2024