{ Li*tur"gic (?), Li*tur"gic*al (?), } [Gr. &?;: cf. F. liturgique.]
Pertaining to, of or the nature of, a liturgy; of or pertaining to
public prayer and worship. T. Warton.
Li*tur"gic*al*ly, adv. In the manner of a liturgy.
Li*tur"gics (?), n. The science of worship; history, doctrine, and
interpretation of liturgies.
Li*tur`gi*ol"o*gist (?), n. One versed in liturgiology.
Li*tur`gi*ol"o*gy (?), n. [Liturgy + -logy.] The science treating of
liturgical matters; a treatise on, or description of, liturgies.
Shipley.
Lit"ur*gist (lt"r*jst), n. One who favors or adheres strictly to a
liturgy. Milton.
Lit"ur*gy (lt"r*j), n.; pl. Liturgies (- jz). [F. liturgie, LL.
liturgia, Gr. leitoyrgi`a a public service, the public service of God,
public worship; (assumed) le`i:tos, lei^tos, belonging to the people,
public (fr. lao`s, lew`s, the people) + the root of 'e`rgon work. See
Lay, a., and Work.] An established formula for public worship, or the
entire ritual for public worship in a church which uses prescribed
forms; a formulary for public prayer or devotion. In the Roman Catholic
Church it includes all forms and services in any language, in any part
of the world, for the celebration of Mass.
||Lit"u*us (?), n.; pl. Litui (#). [L.] 1. (Rom. Antig.) (a) A curved
||staff used by the augurs in quartering the heavens. (b) An instrument
||of martial music; a kind of trumpet of a somewhat curved form and
||shrill note.
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2. (Math.) A spiral whose polar equation is r2θ = a; that is, a
curve the square of whose radius vector varies inversely as the angle
which the radius vector makes with a given line.
Liv"a*ble (?), a. 1. Such as can be lived.
2. Such as is pleasant to live in; fit or suitable to live in.
[Colloq.]
A more delightful or livable region is not easily to be found.
T. Arnold.
Live (lv), v. i. [imp. & p. p. Lived (lvd); p. pr. & vb. n. Living.]
[OE. liven, livien, AS. libban, lifian; akin to OS. libbian, D. leven,
G. leben, OHG. lebn, Dan. leve, Sw. lefva, Icel. lifa to live, to be
left, to remain, Goth. liban to live; akin to E. leave to forsake, and
life, Gr. liparei^n to persist, liparo`s oily, shining, sleek, li`pos
fat, lard, Skr. lip to anoint, smear; -- the first sense prob. was, to
cleave to, stick to; hence, to remain, stay; and hence, to live.] 1. To
be alive; to have life; to have, as an animal or a plant, the capacity
of assimilating matter as food, and to be dependent on such
assimilation for a continuance of existence; as, animals and plants
that live to a great age are long in reaching maturity.
Thus saith the Lord God unto these bones; Behold, I will . . . lay
sinews upon you, and will bring up flesh upon you, and cover you
with skin, and put breath in you, and ye shall live.
Ezek. xxxvii. 5, 6.
2. To pass one's time; to pass life or time in a certain manner, as to
habits, conduct, or circumstances; as, to live in ease or affluence; to
live happily or usefully.
O death, how bitter is the remembrance of thee to a man that liveth
at rest in his possessions!
Ecclus. xli. 1.