liturgiche

Liturgiche is the feminine plural form of the Italian adjective liturgico, meaning pertaining to or connected with liturgy, the public worship and rites of a religious tradition. It is used to describe rites, vestments, music, texts, and other elements that belong to or are part of the ceremonial worship of a church or religious community. Examples include cerimonie liturgiche, musiche liturgiche, vestimenti liturgici, and pratiche liturgiche.

Etymology and meaning: the term derives from Latin liturgicus, itself from liturgia, and ultimately from Greek leitourgia, meaning a public service or work performed for the community. Over time, liturgiche has come to modify nouns to specify their liturgical nature in Italian usage.

Usage: in Italian, liturgiche appears in various compound expressions to indicate liturgical character. It is commonly paired with feminine nouns or with masculine nouns in certain contexts where the feminine form governs the agreement of the sentence. It is widely used in ecclesiastical, scholarly, and cultural discussions about worship, rites, and church life. The singular forms liturgico (masculine) and liturgica (feminine) exist for other grammatical constructions.

See also: liturgia, liturgico, liturgica, liturgici, liturgiche rites.

Note: The term is largely contextual and appears most often in descriptions of religious ceremonies, ritual objects, and studies of worship practices within Christian traditions and other communities that employ structured liturgical frameworks.