aliturgical
English
Etymology
From a- + liturgical.
Adjective
aliturgical (not comparable)
- (of a day in the Christian calendar) On which the Eucharist is not offered.
- 1950, A. Fortescue, The Mass:
- In the Byzantine rite, for instance, all weekdays of Lent except Saturdays and Maundy Thursday are aliturgical
Translations
on which the holy sacrifice is not offered
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References
- “aliturgical”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.