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3009 ~λειτουργία~ leitourgia \@li-toorg-ee’-ah\@ from 3008; } n f AV-service 3, ministry 2, ministration 1; 6 [see also liturgy 3011, 3009, 3010.]

1) a public office which a citizen undertakes to administer at his own expense

2) any service

2a) of military service

2b) of the service of workmen

2c) of that done to nature in the cohabitation of man and wife

3) biblical usage

3a) a service or ministry of the priests relative to the prayers and sacrifices offered to God

3b) a gift or benefaction for the relief of the needy