divine service
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the act of public worship following prescribed rules
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the Sunday service
Certain high church services and other musical events in liturgical churches (such as the Roman Catholic Mass and the Lutheran Divine Service ) may be a cappella, a practice remaining from apostolic times.
Engelhardt 1920, p. 71 The following February, one of the neophytes who had participated in the assault repented and sought refuge in the jacal then being used for Divine service.
;Divine Service: Divine Service is the title for the liturgy in Lutheran churches and is used by most conservative Lutheran churches to refer to the Eucharistic liturgy.
If a priest is unavailable, a deacon will hold a divine service, without the act of communion (Only Priests and up can consecrate Holy Communion).
In France it was customary to blow trumpets during Divine service, to recall the sound of the mighty wind which accompanied the Descent of the Holy Spirit.