divine service

noun

1. service.

divine service

noun

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

Word History and Origins

Origin of divine service¹

Middle English word dating back to 1350–1400

Example Sentences

"Beautiful Belles, welcome to my court and the beginnings of your divine service to our world. Without you and the gods, we would be nothing."

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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!

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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.

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Besides confessing the nuns Busch and his fellow visitors went through the conventual routine with them, showing them how they ought to perform divine service, to behave in the frater and to hold chapters.

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“Oh, dear me, no; but this man walks round p. 255the town just before divine service, and the ringing of his bell warns the people that it is time for them to go to church.”

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