Liturgiat
Liturgiat is a neologism used in religious studies and, occasionally, in speculative writing, to denote the organized set of ritual practices, texts, and symbols that constitute public worship within a religious community. The term blends liturgy with a suffix suggesting a system or field of study, and it is typically used to analyze the structure and transmission of rituals rather than to judge their content.
Definition and scope: Liturgiat focuses on the patterned sequence of actions in a service—prayers, readings, sacramental
Applications: In scholarly contexts, liturgiat serves as a lens for comparing ritual forms across communities and
Origins and status: The term emerged in late 20th or early 21st-century discourse as a descriptive category
See also: liturgy, liturgical studies, ritual, worship, ritual theory.