act of worship
collocation in Englishmeaningsofactandworship
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act
noun
uk/ækt/us/ækt/
something that ...
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worship
noun
uk/ˈwɜː.ʃɪp/us/ˈwɝː.ʃɪp/
the act of worshipping God or a god, often through praying ...
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(Definition ofactandworshipfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)
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Rather, they sang at church functions as anactofworshipand to lead worship, but they did not 'perform' to audiences.
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The whole staff could be agnostics, but theactofworshipmust go on.
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All of these visits were in response to private invitations; the church service was also a publicactofworship.
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Every school here opens with anactofworship—unless the school is starved of an adequate assembly hall.
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Is it desirable to force such a child to anactofworshipto which he has a genuine conscientious objection?
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Religious instruction and the dailyactofworshipwas still considered part of the national and normal order of things in those days.
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I know from 30 years' experience how vital a part morning assembly and theactofworshipcan play inside a school.
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I think there has been considerable misunderstanding on this matter of the collectiveactofworship.
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In many of our schools it is physically impossible to assemble pupils for theactofworship.
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They recognise that their pluralist society can never be sustained by imposing upon school children anactofworshipto which they may not subscribe.
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Parents who object to theactofworshipin our schools or who object to religious education in our schools can have their children excluded.
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But seriously, the decision to impose a dailyactofworshipon our children was a shameful one.
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Every child in the school could conceivably opt out of theactofworship; but it must go on.
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Theactofworshipin a school is of the highest value to the school itself.
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It is a collectiveactofworshipwhich carries on the present practice.
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We are not considering the teacher'sactofworship, but the opportunity for the children to take part in anactofworship.
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She says that the children concerned should have anactofworshipin their own faith.
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Maintaining the collective emphasis and minimising withdrawal of pupils from theactofworshipis a proper concern of those responsible for education.
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It is in some ways unfortunate that the matter of religious education has to be considered before that of the dailyactofworship.
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The reality is that a collectiveactofworshipfor all pupils is a physical impossibility for many schools, and it has not been happening.
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