Definitions of religious service
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the act of public worship following prescribed rules
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synonyms:
divine service, service
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types:
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church, church service
a service conducted in a house of worship
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devotional
a short religious service
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prayer meeting, prayer service
a service at which people sing hymns and pray together
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chapel, chapel service
a service conducted in a place of worship that has its own altar
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committal service
service committing a body to the grave
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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
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vesper
a late afternoon or evening worship service
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watch night
a devotional service (especially on New Year's Eve)
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placebo
(Roman Catholic Church) vespers of the office for the dead
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type of:
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religious ceremony, religious ritual
a ceremony having religious meaning
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