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church service

NOUN
worship
Synonyms
STRONGEST
adoration devotion prayer rite ritual
STRONG
adulation awe beatification benediction chapel deification exaltation genuflection glory homage honor idolatry idolization invocation love offering praise prostration regard respect reverence service supplication veneration vespers
WEAK
laudation
Antonyms
STRONG
censure condemnation criticism debasement denunciation disdain dishonor dislike disregard disrespect hate humiliation scorn

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Unlike a church service, shows are rowdy and a bit untethered.

From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 9, 2026

Nancy Guthrie was discovered missing when she did not attend a Sunday church service on 1 February and other members grew concerned.

From BBC • Feb. 9, 2026

She was reported missing by her family after a member of the 84-year-old’s church congregation reported that she was not present at a church service.

From Salon • Feb. 5, 2026

Nancy Guthrie was reported missing after she didn't show up to her regular Sunday church service, the New York Times reported.

From Barron's • Feb. 5, 2026

Sunday’s church service seemed specially important so everybody could pray for the souls of the men who were going to die on Tuesday.

From "My Brother Sam is Dead" by James Lincoln Collier and Christopher Collier