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Definition :

Liturgy [fr., Gk., a public service], the Book of Common Prayer used in the Established Church, as confirmed by the (English) Act of Uniformity (14 Car. 2, c. 4). Consult Wheatleyon the Book of Common Prayer.

The (English) Prayer Book (Table of Lessons) Act, 1871 (34 & 35 Vict. c. 37), passed 'to amend the law relating to the Table of Lessons and Psalter contained in the Prayer-Book,' provides a new Table of Lessons, and the Act of (English) Uniformity Amendment Act, 1872 (35 & 36 Vict. c. 35), provides 'a shortened form of Morning and Evening Prayer.' An alternative Table of Lessons has been provided by the (English) Revised Tables of Lessons Measure, 1922 (12 & 13 Geo.5, No. 3). See ACTOF UNIFORMITY.