A-Z: General definitions
- Labour of Love
- Labyrinth
- Laconic
- Ladder
- Ladon
- Lady Day
- Laity
- Laius
- Lamb
- Lamb of God
- Lamech
- Lament
- Lammas
- Lamp
- Lampoon
- Land flowing with milk and honey
- Laodicea
- Lapiths
- Larceny
- Lassitude
- Last Day
- Last Judgement
- Last Plays
- Last Rites
- Last shall be first
- Last Supper
- Last Trump
- Latin
- Latinate
- Latitudinarian
- Latium
- Law
- Lay
- Lay person
- Lay preacher
- Lay Reader
- Laying on of hands
- Lazarus
- Leah
- Least
- Leaven
- Lechery
- Lectionary
- Leda
- Left hand
- Left Wing
A-Z: General definitions: Lectionary
Definition
Arrangement of extracts from scripture to be read at public worship.
Sacred writings. The New Testament uses the term to refer to the Hebrew Bible (Old Testament). In time, the Christian Church recognised the Old and New Testaments as both containing God's authoritive written word.
1. Doing homage and giving honour and respect, especially to God. Acts of devotion. Human response to the perceived presence of the divine.
2. The part of the Christian liturgy usually consisting of sung material and prayers of thanksgiving.
Recently Viewed
-
A-Z: General definitions » Lectionary
now -
A-Z: General definitions » Camel
just now -
A-Z: General definitions » Garden
1 minute ago -
A-Z: General definitions » Felix Culpa
1 minute ago -
A-Z: General definitions » Lowly
1 minute ago -
Wilfred Owen, selected poems » Synopsis and commentary
3 minutes ago -
A-Z: General definitions » Leaven
6 minutes ago -
A-Z: Literary titles from the Bible » A hymn to Christ
10 minutes ago -
A-Z: General definitions » Fall
16 minutes ago -
A-Z: General definitions » Communism
16 minutes ago -
A-Z: General definitions » Fall of Humankind
18 minutes ago -
A-Z: General definitions » Lapiths
19 minutes ago -
A-Z: General definitions » Icarus
19 minutes ago -
Othello: context links » Introduction
20 minutes ago -
Wilfred Owen, selected poems » Synopsis and commentary
23 minutes ago -
A-Z: General definitions » Stoic
23 minutes ago -
A-Z: General definitions » Last Plays
23 minutes ago -
A-Z: General definitions » Ecriture feminine
24 minutes ago -
A-Z: General definitions » Creon
26 minutes ago -
A-Z: General definitions » Cardinal
27 minutes ago -
Wilfred Owen, selected poems » Emotions
29 minutes ago -
A-Z: General definitions » Last Supper
30 minutes ago -
Wilfred Owen, selected poems » Synopsis and commentary
31 minutes ago -
A-Z: General definitions » Idiom
31 minutes ago -
A-Z: General definitions » Sin
31 minutes ago
Scan and go
Scan on your mobile for direct link.