Definition of service

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Service (n.) The act of bringing to notice, either actually or constructively, in such manner as is prescribed by law; as, the service of a subp/na or an attachment..

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Effective :: Effective (n.) One who is capable of active service.
Desk :: Desk (n.) A reading table or lectern to support the book from which the liturgical service is read, differing from the pulpit from which the sermon is preached; also (esp. in the United States), a pulpit. Hence, used symbolically for the clerical profession..
Ministrant :: Ministrant (a.) Performing service as a minister; attendant on service; acting under command; subordinate.
Pleasure :: Pleasure (n.) Amusement; sport; diversion; self-indulgence; frivolous or dissipating enjoyment; hence, sensual gratification; -- opposed to labor, service, duty, self-denial, etc..
Epistoler :: Epistoler (n.) One of the clergy who reads the epistle at the communion service; an epistler.
Armiger :: Armiger (n.) Formerly, an armor bearer, as of a knight, an esquire who bore his shield and rendered other services. In later use, one next in degree to a knight, and entitled to armorial bearings. The term is now superseded by esquire..
Slack :: Slack (superl.) Remiss; backward; not using due diligence or care; not earnest or eager; as, slack in duty or service..
Jobbing :: "Jobbing (a.) Using opportunities of public service for private gain; as, a jobbing politician..
Galilee :: Galilee (n.) A porch or waiting room, usually at the west end of an abbey church, where the monks collected on returning from processions, where bodies were laid previous to interment, and where women were allowed to see the monks to whom they were related, or to hear divine service. Also, frequently applied to the porch of a church, as at Ely and Durham cathedrals..
Ecclesiastic :: Ecclesiastic (n.) A person in holy orders, or consecrated to the service of the church and the ministry of religion; a clergyman; a priest..
Clerk :: Clerk (n.) A parish officer, being a layman who leads in reading the responses of the Episcopal church service, and otherwise assists in it..
Vespers :: Vespers (n.) The evening song or service.
Officeholder :: Officeholder (n.) An officer, particularly one in the civil service; a placeman..
Recompense :: Recompense (v. t.) To render an equivalent to, for service, loss, etc.; to requite; to remunerate; to compensate..
At :: At (prep.) The relation of some state or condition; as, at war; at peace; at ease; at your service; at fault; at liberty; at risk; at disadvantage..
Hire :: Hire (n.) To grant the temporary use of, for compensation; to engage to give the service of, for a price; to let; to lease; -- now usually with out, and often reflexively; as, he has hired out his horse, or his time..
Debt :: Debt (n.) That which is due from one person to another, whether money, goods, or services; that which one person is bound to pay to another, or to perform for his benefit; thing owed; obligation; liability..
Good :: Good (superl.) Serviceable; suited; adapted; suitable; of use; to be relied upon; -- followed especially by for.
Adjunct :: Adjunct (n.) A person joined to another in some duty or service; a colleague; an associate.
Lectionary :: Lectionary (n.) A book, or a list, of lections, for reading in divine service..
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