Part 6591

<hw>Lit"ate</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <ety>[See <er>Lituus</er>.]</ety> <fld>(Bot.)</fld> <def>Forked, with the points slightly curved outward.</def>

<h1>Lituiform</h1> <Xpage=861>

<hw>Lit"u*i*form</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <ety>[<ets>Lituus</ets> + <ets>-form</ets>.]</ety> <def>Having the form of a lituus; like a lituite.</def>

<h1>Lituite</h1> <Xpage=861>

<hw>Lit"u*ite</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[See <er>Lituus</er>.]</ety> <fld>(Paleon.)</fld> <def>Any species of ammonites of the genus <spn>Lituites</spn>. They are found in the Cretaceous formation.</def>

<h1>Liturate</h1> <Xpage=861>

<hw>Lit"u*rate</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <ety>[L. <ets>lituratus</ets>, p. p. of <ets>liturare</ets> to erase, fr. <ets>litura</ets> a blur.]</ety> <p><b>1.</b> <fld>(Zo\'94l.)</fld> <def>Having indistinct spots, paler at their margins.</def>

<p><b>2.</b> <fld>(Bot.)</fld> <def>Spotted, as if from abrasions of the surface.</def>

<h1>Liturgic, Liturgical</h1> <Xpage=861>

<hw><hw>Li*tur"gic</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <hw>Li*tur"gic*al</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>,<hw><ety>[Gr. <?/: cf. F. <ets>liturgique</ets>.]</ety> <def>Pertaining to, of or the nature of, a liturgy; of or pertaining to public prayer and worship.</def>

<i>T. Warton. </i>

<h1>Liturgically</h1> <Xpage=861>

<hw>Li*tur"gic*al*ly</hw>, <tt>adv.</tt> <def>In the manner of a liturgy.</def>

<h1>Liturgics</h1> <Xpage=861>

<hw>Li*tur"gics</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <def>The science of worship; history, doctrine, and interpretation of liturgies.</def>

<h1>Liturgiologist</h1> <Xpage=861>

<hw>Li*tur`gi*ol"o*gist</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <def>One versed in liturgiology.</def>

<h1>Liturgiology</h1> <Xpage=861>

<hw>Li*tur`gi*ol"o*gy</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[<ets>Liturgy</ets> + <ets>-logy</ets>.]</ety> <def>The science treating of liturgical matters; a treatise on, or description of, liturgies.</def>

<i>Shipley.</i>

<h1>Liturgist</h1> <Xpage=861>

<hw>Lit"ur*gist</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <def>One who favors or adheres strictly to a liturgy.</def>

<i>Milton.</i>

<h1>Liturgy</h1> <Xpage=861>

<hw>Lit"ur*gy</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt>; <plu>pl. <plw>Liturgies</plw> <tt>(#)</tt></plu>. <ety>[F. <ets>liturgie</ets>, LL. <ets>liturgia</ets>, Gr. <?/ a public service, the public service of God, public worship; (assumed) <?/, <?/, belonging to the people, public (fr. <?/, <?/, the people) + the root of <?/ work. See <er>Lay</er>, <tt>a.</tt>, and <er>Work</er>.]</ety> <def>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.</def>

<h1>Lituus</h1> <Xpage=861>

<hw>Lit"u*us</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt>; <plu>pl. <plw>Litui</plw> <tt>(#)</tt></plu>. <ety>[L.]</ety> <p><b>1.</b> <fld>(Rom. Antig.)</fld> <sd>(a)</sd> <def>A curved staff used by the augurs in quartering the heavens.</def> <sd>(b)</sd> <def>An instrument of martial music; a kind of trumpet of a somewhat curved form and shrill note.</def>

<p><b>2.</b> <fld>(Math.)</fld> <def>A spiral whose polar equation is <mathex>r<exp>2</exp>&theta; = a</mathex>; that is, a curve the square of whose radius vector varies inversely as the angle which the radius vector makes with a given line.</def>