单词 | committal prayer |
释义 | > as lemmascommittal prayer b. General attributive (in sense 6), as committal ceremony, committal prayer, committal sentences, committal service, etc. ΚΠ 1863 All Year Round 19 Sept. 94/2 Nobody can be buried in conscrated ground unless the ‘committal service’ is read by a clergyman of the Church of England. 1886 Pall Mall Gaz. 6 Oct. 9/1 The body was interred in the ante-chapel, where the committal prayers were said by the Vice-Master. 1892 Daily News 15 Nov. 3/4 The lesson was read by the Rev. A. Majendie, and the committal sentences by the Rev. Dr. Yule. 1906 Times 6 Sept. 5/1 The committal ceremony was brief, for there was no service in the churchyard. 1915 N. Amer. Rev. May 729 The rector stumbled through the committal prayers. 1968 Globe & Mail (Toronto) 13 Feb. 35/5 (advt.) Committal service Wednesday afternoon at 2 o'clock at Nassagaweya Church Cemetery, Campbellville. 2010 T. Jokinen Curtains ix. 108 People gather at the graveside for a committal ceremony. < as lemmas |
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