liturgist
noun
lit·ur·gist
ˈli-tər-jist 
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Parish ministry is extraordinarily challenging, requiring the skills of a counselor, orator, executive director, fund-raiser, politician, volunteer coordinator, handyman, teacher, hospice chaplain, liturgist and writer — while never losing your temper or falling in love or appearing imperfect.
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Kwame Anthony Appiah, New York Times, 27 Mar. 2024
Rabbi Jules Harlow, a liturgist who brought a poet’s sensibility and a musician’s cadence to the style of prayer in Conservative Judaism for much of the second half of the 20th Century, died on Feb. 12.
—Ari L. Goldman, New York Times, 19 Feb. 2024
Before the pandemic, John Prosek, liturgist at St. Joseph, said there would normally be about 500 people at an Easter service.
—Jane Florance, The Arizona Republic, 17 Apr. 2022
On one street corner, a group of men from Israel United in Christ preached to the masses, with a liturgist reading the gospel alternating with a man interpreting it on the spot.
—David Frese, kansascity, 17 Mar. 2018
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Kwame Anthony Appiah, New York Times, 27 Mar. 2024
Rabbi Jules Harlow, a liturgist who brought a poet’s sensibility and a musician’s cadence to the style of prayer in Conservative Judaism for much of the second half of the 20th Century, died on Feb. 12.
—Ari L. Goldman, New York Times, 19 Feb. 2024
Before the pandemic, John Prosek, liturgist at St. Joseph, said there would normally be about 500 people at an Easter service.
—Jane Florance, The Arizona Republic, 17 Apr. 2022
On one street corner, a group of men from Israel United in Christ preached to the masses, with a liturgist reading the gospel alternating with a man interpreting it on the spot.
—David Frese, kansascity, 17 Mar. 2018
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“Liturgist.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/liturgist. Accessed 22 Dec. 2024.
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