divine service

/dəˌvaɪn ˌsʌrvəs/

Other forms: divine services

Definitions of divine service

1. noun

   the act of public worship following prescribed rules
   synonyms: religious service, service

   types:

   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)

   placebo

   (Roman Catholic Church) vespers of the office for the dead

   type of:

   religious ceremony, religious ritual

   a ceremony having religious meaning