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Definition of Divine service
1. Noun. The act of public worship following prescribed rules. "The Sunday service"
Generic synonyms: Religious Ceremony, Religious Ritual
Specialized synonyms: Church, Church Service, Devotional, Prayer Meeting, Prayer Service, Chapel, Chapel Service, Committal Service, None, Vesper, Watch Night
Terms within: Invocation, Supplication
Definition of Divine service
1. Noun. (countable Christianity) A service of public Christian worship. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Lexicographical Neighbors of Divine Service
Literary usage of Divine service
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The New Schaff-Herzog Encyclopedia of Religious Knowledge: Embracing by Johann Jakob Herzog, Philip Schaff, Albert Hauck (1911)
"40)—that is, only as a means, and not for its own sake—has music its rightful
place in divine service. It is the " tongue " of art, which edifies only where ..."
2. The Catholic Encyclopedia: An International Work of Reference on the by Charles George Herbermann (1913)
"Sanctity, says the Angelic Doctor, is the term used for all that is dedicated to
the divine service, whether persons or things. ..."
3. The Law Reports by James Redfoord Bulwer (1872)
"The only question is whether it occurred during the celebration by a clergyman
of divine service.] A churchwarden has no more right to obstruct the ..."
4. The Works of that Learned and Judicious Divine, Mr. Richard Hooker, with an by Richard Hooker, Izaak Walton (1850)
"Of Gesture, and Change of Place, in divine service. " shew his dislike if he have
... divine service."
5. A Glossary of Liturgical and Ecclesiastical Terms by Frederick George Lee (1877)
"The reciting musically upon one note any part of divine service, either by the
priest or people singly or together. MONOTONIC.— Pertaining to monotone. ..."
6. The First Part of the Institutes of the Laws of England: Or, A Commentary ...by Edward Coke, Thomas Littleton, Francis Hargrave, Charles Butler, Matthew Hale, Heneage Finch Nottingham by Edward Coke, Thomas Littleton, Francis Hargrave, Charles Butler, Matthew Hale, Heneage Finch Nottingham (1823)
"D У a certaine divine service to be done, at to sing a masse, Sfc. mentioned, of
divine service ; and for this divine service certaine, cr to distribute in ..."