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divine service

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divine service
n
(Christianity / Ecclesiastical Terms) a service of the Christian church, esp one at which no sacrament is given
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Noun1.divine service - the act of public worship following prescribed rulesdivine service - the act of public worship following prescribed rules; "the Sunday service"
religious service, service
religious ceremony, religious ritual - a ceremony having religious meaning
church service, church - a service conducted in a house of worship; "don't be late for church"
devotional - a short religious service
prayer meeting, prayer service - a service at which people sing hymns and pray together
chapel service, chapel - a service conducted in a place of worship that has its own altar; "he was late for chapel"
committal service - service committing a body to the grave; "the committal service will be held next Monday"
none - a service in the Roman Catholic Church formerly read or chanted at 3 PM (the ninth hour counting from sunrise) but now somewhat earlier
vesper - a late afternoon or evening worship service
watch night - a devotional service (especially on New Year's Eve)
invocation, supplication - a prayer asking God's help as part of a religious service
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As soon as divine service was over, the Thorpes and Allens eagerly joined each other; and after staying long enough in the pump-room to discover that the crowd was insupportable, and that there was not a genteel face to be seen, which everybody discovers every Sunday throughout the season, they hastened away to the Crescent, to breathe the fresh air of better company.
Northanger Abbey by Austen, Jane View in context
In the beginning of one of them Alfred says, "There are only a few on this side of the Humber who can understand the Divine Service, or even explain a Latin epistle in English, and I believe not many on the other side of the Humber either.
English Literature For Boys And Girls by Marshall, H.E. View in context
On each side of the choir and behind the gratings opening into the convent was assembled the whole community of the Carmelites, who listened to the divine service, and mingled their chant with the chant of the priests, without seeing the profane, or being seen by them.
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