hierourgy

English

Etymology

hiero- +‎ -urgy

Noun

hierourgy (plural not attested)

  1. (obsolete) A sacred or holy work or worship.
    • 1740, Daniel Waterland, Distinctions of Sacrifice:
      consummating the spiritual hierourgy

References

“hierourgy”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.

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