state services


pl n
  1. Church of England services appointed to commemorate days of national celebration or deliverance such as the accession of a sovereign

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How to use state services in a sentence

  • The acquisition of a sufficient number of these certificates now paved the way to various state services.

  • Meeah must have reached Beejapoor before this, and some of my people are going for their yearly state services.

    A Noble Queen (Volume II of III) | Philip Meadows Taylor
  • In politics, his benevolent optimism had enfeebled the state services, above all, the army.

  • He had conferred upon the state services which no money could purchase.

    Daniel Boone | John S. C. Abbott