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sunrise service

American  

noun

  1. (sometimes initial capital letters) an outdoor religious service held at dawn on Easter morning.


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Nothing is quite as nice as an Easter Sunday sunrise service on a New England small-town beach.

From Salon Mar. 31, 2024

It is unclear if the Moravian Church was the first to hold an Easter sunrise service.

From Seattle Times Mar. 29, 2024

His congregation will host the annual sunrise service at the Lincoln Memorial on Easter Sunday.

From Washington Times Apr. 7, 2023

I sang at the Easter sunrise service in the 1950s’ “living cross” children wearing two robes, and at the exact moment we had to pull down the black robe to create the white cross.

From Los Angeles Times Jun. 3, 2022

The whole family drove slowly through swirling snow to the Garden Tomb, where Liyana’s mother wanted to attend the sunrise service.

From "Habibi" by Naomi Shihab Nye

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