Lit'ur-gy, n.

n. [Gr. λειτουργία, a public service, the public service of God, public worship, from λεῖτος, λαῖτος, belonging to the people, public, λαός, λεώς, the people, and the root ἐργεῖν, to work, do; Fr. liturgie, Sp., It., & L. Lat. liturgia.]

1. The established formulas for public worship, or the entire ritual for public worship in those churches which use prescribed forms.
2. (Rom. Cath. Church.) The mass.