liturgist

noun

lit·​ur·​gist ˈli-tər-jist How to pronounce liturgist (audio)
1
: one who adheres to, compiles, or leads a liturgy
2
: a specialist in liturgics

Examples of liturgist in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web Parish ministry is extraordinarily challenging, requiring the skills of a counselor, orator, executive director, fund-raiser, politician, volunteer coordinator, handyman, teacher, hospice chaplain, liturgist and writer — while never losing your temper or falling in love or appearing imperfect. Kwame Anthony Appiah, New York Times, 27 Mar. 2024 Rabbi Jules Harlow, a liturgist who brought a poet’s sensibility and a musician’s cadence to the style of prayer in Conservative Judaism for much of the second half of the 20th Century, died on Feb. 12. Ari L. Goldman, New York Times, 19 Feb. 2024 Before the pandemic, John Prosek, liturgist at St. Joseph, said there would normally be about 500 people at an Easter service. Jane Florance, The Arizona Republic, 17 Apr. 2022 On one street corner, a group of men from Israel United in Christ preached to the masses, with a liturgist reading the gospel alternating with a man interpreting it on the spot. David Frese, kansascity, 17 Mar. 2018

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Word History

First Known Use

1649, in the meaning defined at sense 1

Time Traveler
The first known use of liturgist was in 1649

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“Liturgist.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/liturgist. Accessed 23 Apr. 2024.

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