English > divine service: 1 sense > noun 1, act| Meaning | The act of public worship following prescribed rules. |
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| Synonyms | service, religious service |
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| Parts | invocation, supplication | A prayer asking God's help as part of a religious service |
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| Narrower | chapel service, chapel | A service conducted in a place of worship that has its own altar |
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| church service, church | A service conducted in a house of worship |
| committal service | service committing a body to the grave |
| devotional | A short religious service |
| none | A service in the Roman Catholic Church formerly read or chanted at 3 PM (the ninth hour counting from sunrise) but now somewhat earlier |
| prayer meeting, prayer service | A service at which people sing hymns and pray together |
| vesper | A late afternoon or evening worship service |
| watch night | A devotional service (especially on New Year's Eve) |
| Broader | religious ceremony, religious ritual | A ceremony having religious meaning / meaning |
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| Spanish | oficio, oficio religioso, servicio, servicio religioso |
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| Catalan | ofici, ofici religiós, servei, servei religiós |
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