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    DIVINE SERVICE

    Pronunciation (US): Play  (GB): Play

     I. (noun) 

    Sense 1

    Meaning:

    The act of public worship following prescribed rulesplay

    Example:

    the Sunday service

    Synonyms:

    divine service; religious service; service

    Classified under:

    Nouns denoting acts or actions

    Hypernyms ("divine service" is a kind of...):

    religious ceremony; religious ritual (a ceremony having religious meaning)

    Meronyms (parts of "divine service"):

    invocation; supplication (a prayer asking God's help as part of a religious service)

    Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "divine service"):

    church; church service (a service conducted in a house of worship)

    devotional (a short religious service)

    prayer meeting; prayer service (a service at which people sing hymns and pray together)

    chapel; chapel service (a service conducted in a place of worship that has its own altar)

    committal service (service committing a body to the grave)

    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)

    vesper (a late afternoon or evening worship service)

    watch night (a devotional service (especially on New Year's Eve))

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