A use, also commonly usage (Latin: usum)[1] and recension, within Christian liturgy is a set of particular texts or customs distinct from other practitioners of a broader liturgical ritual family, typically on the basis of locality or religious order.
[2]: xv Especially prevalent within the Latin liturgical rites of the Middle Ages, few significant uses persisted following a general suppression of these variations by Pope Pius V in the 16th century.
[2]: xv In the historic context of the Scottish Episcopal Church, "usage" refers to certain aspects of the Eucharistic liturgy valued by some nonjurors.
[10] A "great diversity" of uses survived the initial proliferation of the printed service books, with no consistent form of the Mass and Divine Office existing in medieval Britain.
[16] During the 19th century, ritualists in the Church of England who had been influenced by the Oxford Movement adopted certain ceremonial "usages" for celebration of the 1662 prayer book Communion service.