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divine service

American

noun

service.

divine service British

noun

a service of the Christian church, esp one at which no sacrament is given

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Etymology

Origin of divine service

Middle English word dating back to 1350–1400

Example Sentences

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We went to football on Saturday and divine service on Sunday, often wearing the same kind of clothes — this was back when we dressed properly for a game.

From Salon • Oct. 24, 2015

London editors continued last week to wastebasket quantities of letters from Church of Englanders urging that the Court Circular again announce every Monday morning that the King had attended divine service.

From Time Magazine Archive

Inspiration & Fellowship Vicarious churchgoers, participating in divine service by fiddling with the dials of their super-heterodynes, are affected only by voices, miss the presence of preachers.

From Time Magazine Archive

The New Yorker hailed her entry into the pulpit with the comment: "That, fellows, is our idea of divine service."

From Time Magazine Archive

An hour ago she had declined to go to Meeting, saying airily that she and her grandfather had seldom attended divine service, except for the Christmas Mass. What an uproar she had caused!

From "The Witch of Blackbird Pond" by Elizabeth George Speare

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