servile work

British  

noun

1. RC Church work of a physical nature that is forbidden on Sundays and on certain holidays

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Example Sentences

And in the seventh month, on the first day of the month, ye shall have a holy convocation; ye shall do no servile work: it is a day of blowing the trumpets unto you.

From Time Magazine Archive

For the Orthodox Jew, all servile work is forbidden on the Sabbath �and the rule is strictly observed at the Deborah, the world's largest strictly kosher hotel.

From Time Magazine Archive

On Sunday he did no servile work, except that he waited upon the guests, girt with an apron, and washed the dishes afterwards.

From The History of Richard Raynal, Solitary by Benson, Robert Hugh

The third is the servitude of God; and in this way the work of worship, which pertains to the service of God, may be called a servile work.

From Summa Theologica, Part II-II (Secunda Secundae) Translated by Fathers of the English Dominican Province by Thomas, Aquinas, Saint

Whilst she ruled and directed them, however, in things spiritual, she herself did the servile work of the house, and waited on them in the humblest and most submissive manner.

From The Life of St. Frances of Rome, and Others by Fullerton, Georgiana