| NOUN | act | religious service, service, divine service | the act of public worship following prescribed rules |
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| Meaning | The act of public worship following prescribed rules. | |
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| Synonyms | service, divine service | |
| Parts | invocation, supplication | A prayer asking God's help as part of a religious service |
| Narrower | chapel service, chapel | A service conducted in a place of worship that has its own altar |
| 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 |
| Catalan | ofici | |