Edmund Morford, along with his unfortunate excess of good looks, inherited a rich, strong voice, in which he rolled out the liturgy with great elocutionary effect.
"Throckmorton"
Molly Elliot Seawell
Enrolled in the college of the Salii in his eighth year, he performed all its sacred offices with perfect composure, reciting from memory, with no one to dictate the form, every word of the ancient liturgy which had in his generation become almost unintelligible.
"Roman Society from Nero to Marcus Aurelius"
Samuel Dill
He thought, as the priest went on with the solemn liturgy, how all the world must come together in that peace which, struggle and strive as we may, shall claim us at last.
"A Hazard of New Fortunes, Part Fifth"
William Dean Howells