church service

noun

A formalized period of communal worship, often but not exclusively occurring on Sunday, or Saturday in the case of those churches practicing Sabbatarianism.

“Near-synonyms: missal, liturgy, portal, portass, prayer book, psalter, breviary”

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Meanings

nounchurch service (plural church services)

plural church services

  1. A formalized period of communal worship, often but not exclusively occurring on Sunday, or Saturday in the case of those churches practicing Sabbatarianism.
  2. A book containing the religious forms of such worship.

    Near-synonyms: missal, liturgy, portal, portass, prayer book, psalter, breviary

    Synonyms: missal, liturgy, portal, portass, prayer book, psalter, breviary

Synonyms & antonyms

nounA book containing the religious forms of such worship.

Similar
missalliturgyportalportassprayer bookpsalterbreviary

More synonyms by meaning

nouna service conducted in a house of worship

Similar
church
Broader
servicereligious servicedivine service
Also see
churchprayer book

Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.

Translations

Bulgarian богослуже́ние
  • богослуже́ние (bogoslužénie)communal worship
Chinese Mandarin 禮拜 /礼拜
  • 禮拜 /礼拜 (lǐbài)communal worship
Czech bohoslužba
  • bohoslužbacommunal worship
Danish gudstjeneste
  • gudstjenestecommunal worship
Dutch kerkdienst
  • kerkdienstcommunal worship
Estonian jumalateenistus
  • jumalateenistuscommunal worship
Finnish jumalanpalvelus
  • jumalanpalveluscommunal worship
French office religieux
  • office religieuxcommunal worship
German Gottesdienst
  • Gottesdienstcommunal worship
Hungarian istentisztelet
  • istentiszteletcommunal worship
Icelandic guðsþjónusta
  • guðsþjónustacommunal worship
Irish seirbhís eaglaise
  • seirbhís eaglaisecommunal worship
Japanese 礼拝
  • 礼拝 (reihai)communal worship
Korean 예배, 례배
  • 예배 (yebae)communal worship
  • 례배 (ryebae)communal worship
Latvian dievkalpojums
  • dievkalpojumscommunal worship
Norwegian Bokmål gudstjeneste
  • gudstjenestecommunal worship
Polish nabożeństwo
  • nabożeństwocommunal worship
Portuguese serviço
  • serviçocommunal worship
Romanian serviciu divin, slujbă religioasă
  • serviciu divincommunal worship
  • slujbă religioasăcommunal worship
Russian богослуже́ние, церко́вная слу́жба
  • богослуже́ние (bogoslužénije)communal worship
  • церко́вная слу́жба (cerkóvnaja slúžba)communal worship
Slovak bohoslužba
  • bohoslužbacommunal worship
Swedish gudstjänst
  • gudstjänstcommunal worship
Turkish ibadet
  • ibadetcommunal worship
Ukrainian слу́жба бо́жа, богослужі́ння
  • слу́жба бо́жа (slúžba bóža)communal worship
  • богослужі́ння (bohoslužínnja)communal worship
  • набоже́нство (nabožénstvo)communal worship
Vietnamese cúng tế
  • cúng tếcommunal worship
Cite this entry
APA

church service. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/church%20service

MLA

“church service.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/church%20service. Accessed November 4, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “church service,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/church%20service.

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