liturgical

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Recent Examples of liturgical On Wednesday, Catholics started observing the liturgical season of Lent. William Lambers, Newsweek, 8 Mar. 2025 To that liturgical point, the headgear is a magnificent melange of an Uzbek Karakul cap, an Eastern Orthodox bishop’s flat-topped mitre, and some ancient Persian polo headgear. Guy Martin, Forbes, 26 Feb. 2025 Mardi Gras is truly a global phenomenon and every celebration is different, even if they are all tied to the liturgical calendar and the same principal of wild revelry. Jenny Adams, AFAR Media, 23 Jan. 2025 The Episcopal Church is a Protestant denomination that shares similarities with the Catholic Church, such as in its liturgical practice and parts of its hierarchy. Brieanna J. Frank, USA TODAY, 23 Jan. 2025 See All Example Sentences for liturgical
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Adjective
  • Anand is a neurologist and the author of The Mind Electric, out in June 2025 Within the walls of a hospital, privacy is sacred—the intimate details of someone’s body and illness are meant to be as carefully guarded, as quietly delivered, as a sacramental confession.
    Pria Anand, TIME, 18 Feb. 2025
  • After the surgeon general’s warning on alcohol, people of faith should rethink sacramental wine, writes guest columnist Eli Federman.
    Ryan Fonseca, Los Angeles Times, 14 Jan. 2025
Adjective
  • In a moment where food has become performance, copycat cooking reclaims it as memory, ritual, and choice.
    Stephanie Gravalese, Forbes.com, 11 Apr. 2025
  • Six large hoards — or collections of precious objects intentionally buried for ritual and practical purposes — were discovered on Somló Hill, with five dating to the Late Bronze Age and one to the Early Iron Age, researchers said.
    Lauren Liebhaber, Miami Herald, 31 Mar. 2025
Adjective
  • The most captivating of the three love stories is Smoke’s reunion with Annie (Wunmi Mosaku), a Hoodoo conjurer and Orisha spiritual healer who runs a small plantation store, where their infant son is buried outside under an oak tree.
    David Rooney, HollywoodReporter, 10 Apr. 2025
  • This choice jells with the Spanish psytrance producer’s generally hard aesthetic: her intricate music — laced with a spiritual chants and loaded with kickdrum — is intense, as are looks favoring latex and snakes as accessories.
    Katie Bain, Billboard, 10 Apr. 2025
Adjective
  • In the capital Naypyitaw, the quake damaged religious shrines, sending parts toppling to the ground, and some homes.
    Christina Shaw, FOXNews.com, 28 Mar. 2025
  • Khan-Ghany has encouraged her Muslim students to be proud of their religious and cultural upbringings.
    Lauren Costantino, Miami Herald, 28 Mar. 2025
Adjective
  • Nanette kills the virtual Robert Daly with his own ceremonial knife through his skull.
    Adam B. Vary, Variety, 10 Apr. 2025
  • The crowd jammed into the old mill are joined by West African ceremonial dancers and drummers, popping and locking hip-hop movers from the future, a deejay working turntables and a Rick James-style guitarist bedecked in sequins.
    David Rooney, HollywoodReporter, 10 Apr. 2025
Adjective
  • Francis has long made ministry to prisoners a hallmark of his priestly vocation, and a Holy Year dedicated to a message of hope is no exception.
    Nicole Winfield, Los Angeles Times, 23 Dec. 2024
  • One thing to consider, however, is that Leviticus is devoted to priestly concerns.
    Jacob F. Love, The Conversation, 5 Feb. 2025

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“Liturgical.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/liturgical. Accessed 21 Apr. 2025.

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