divine service
Americannoun
noun
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
This failed to move the rich skinflint, so the church suspended all divine service.
From Time Magazine Archive
Anglican Bishop Donald Marsh solemnly intoned: "It apper-taineth to the office of a deacon, in the church where he shall be appointed to serve, to assist the priest in 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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