Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

liturgist

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.11 in modern English

Syllables: litur-gist
IPA

10

Scrabble Score

9

Letters

2

Syllables

7

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A person knowledgeable about liturgy.

noun

One who leads public worship.

noun

One who adheres to liturgies.

Etymology

Etymology tree English liturgy Proto-Indo-European *-id- Proto-Indo-European *-yéti Proto-Indo-European *-idyéti Proto-Hellenic *-íd͏̌d͏̌ō Ancient Greek -ῐ́ζω (-ĭ́zō) Proto-Hellenic *-tās Ancient Greek -τής (-tḗs) Ancient Greek -ῐστής (-ĭstḗs)bor. Latin -istader. Old French -istebor. Middle English -ist English -ist English liturgist From liturgy + -ist.

Subject

Wiktionary places this term in Religion.

Inflected Forms

liturgists (plural)

Derived Forms

antiliturgist liturgistic liturgistical

Frequently Paired Words

liturgiology liturgical liturgics liturgy

Synonyms

liturgiologist

Questions

What does liturgist mean?: A person knowledgeable about liturgy.
Where does liturgist come from?: Etymology tree English liturgy Proto-Indo-European *-id- Proto-Indo-European *-yéti Proto-Indo-European *-idyéti Proto-Hellenic *-íd͏̌d͏̌ō Ancient Greek -ῐ́ζω (-ĭ́zō) Proto-Hellenic *-tās Ancient Greek -τής (-tḗs) Ancient Greek -ῐστής (-ĭstḗs)bor. Latin -istader. Old French -istebor. Middle English -ist English -ist English liturgist From liturgy + -ist.

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