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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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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 Literature

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

This book contains a devotional treatise on divine service, with a translation and explanation of the “Hours” and “Masses” of our Lady, as they were used at Syon.

From Project Gutenberg

“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.”

From Project Gutenberg

They sung almost all their divine service, and every ministre had those that made up a quire whom the rest follow’d.

From Project Gutenberg

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