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单词 altar service
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altar servicen.

Brit. /ˈɔːltə ˌsəːvɪs/, /ˈɒltə ˌsəːvɪs/, U.S. /ˈɔltər ˌsərvəs/, /ˈɑltər ˌsərvəs/
Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: altar n., service n.1
Etymology: < altar n. + service n.1 With sense 2 compare earlier altar plate n. at altar n. Compounds 2.
Christian Church.
1. A communion service. Obsolete.
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society > faith > worship > parts of service > communion ceremony > [noun]
usage1536
communion1549
altar service1640
communion service1641
communion office1657
1640 Englands Complaint to Iesus Christ sig. E2 A Table-Communion turned into a Superstitious Altar-Service.
1692 J. Crown Daeneids 7 Far above his Hour in Pulpit Rail. Then tack an Altar Service to the Tail.
1789 Lady's Mag. Apr. 221/2 The Service was read by the rev. Mr. Moore;..the Altar Service by the Dean.
1843 Q. Rev. May 139/2 In King Edward's first book it was provided that the Litany should precede the altar-service on Wednesdays and Fridays.
2. A set of utensils used in the communion rite. Cf. service n.1 31b.
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society > faith > artefacts > implement (general) > [noun] > collectively
mass-gearc1300
reparel1466
sacred1665
altar service1824
bondieuserie1941
1824 Mementoes, Hist. & Classical II. xxxvii. 309 The silver altar service, lamps, candelabras, &c.
1848 J. J. Oswandel Jrnl. 23 Jan. in Notes Mexican War (2010) ix. 269 The weight of the altar service is nearly five hundred pounds, and its value not less than $200,000.
1913 H. Whitaker Myst. Barranca 151 He..stole the altar service from the church..to pay the priest..to say a thousand masses for the repose of his soul.
2006 Church Times 6 Jan. 21/3 The silver altar service originally from the Sardinian Embassy.
3. Chiefly in the Roman Catholic Church: the action or process of being an altar server; the assisting of a priest during Mass.
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society > faith > worship > observance, ritual > [noun] > performance of
with or in (great, etc.) solemnityc1290
solemnity1390
solemnization1447
observancea1450
solennizationc1450
solemnation1470
celebration1483
superstition1513
ministration1535
celebrating1547
solemnizing1565
ministering1566
solemnize1590
solemniation1631
officiating1640
exercise1656
exercitation1660
officiation1804
altar service1831
ritual1865
1831 T. C. Grattan Jacqueline of Holland II. ii. 49 ‘My mind turned back to early days, when I have seen you serve the altar and sing the saint's litany.’.. ‘How durst the old hag..twit me with my by-gone days of altar-service?’
1887 G. Moore Mere Accident ii. 62 Altar service was rewarded by a large piece of toast for breakfast.
1961 J. H. Fichter Relig. as Occup. i. 15 The boys are under the direct supervision of the priest or Sister who trains them for the altar service.
1995 Washington Post (Nexis) 1 Mar. d1 Of 188 Catholic dioceses in the United States, only those in Arlington and Lincoln..have held firm to reserving altar service to boys.
4. Chiefly U.S. In certain Reformed Churches: a church service, or part of a church service, centred around the altar, esp. involving prayers and gospel readings; (now spec.) a ritual associated with evangelical revival movements in which individuals are invited to approach the preacher to make a public expression of their faith or participate in spiritual healing through prayer. Cf. altar call n. at altar n. Compounds 2.
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1851 N.-Y. Evangelist 27 Mar. 50/5 The song of praise ought to be a part of every Christian morning and evening altar-service.
1869 New-Jerusalem Mag. Nov. 351 The singing began before the assistant minister came in and conducted the altar service of chanting prayers and reading the Scriptures, and the minister did not enter the pulpit till the altar service was through.
1890 Gospel in All Lands Aug. 351/1 At another charge the minister held an altar-service. With short but powerful exhortation nine men immediately came forward for prayers.
1920 N. J. Holmes & L. E. S. Holmes Life Sketches & Serm. xix. 105 God was present in the altar service in great power, and a great many were blessed, and waves of victory swept through the tent.
1972 W. Samarin Tongues Men & Angels iii. 61 One man reports that he first experienced tongues after he had delivered a message and just when the ‘altar service’ had begun.
2008 R. W. Hood & W. P. Williamson Them that Believe xi. 198 The appearance of an ‘altar service’ at any given time with prayer for salvation and deliverance by the laying on of hands.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2012; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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