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1641 Diurnall Occurr. 3 Nov. 1640–3 Nov. 1641 300 He..enioyned that every Minister after he had finished the reading of some part of morning Prayer, at the Desk, should..read at the said Table a part of the Communion Service, now commonly called the second Service.

1761 D. Hume Hist. Eng. to Henry VII I. 238 He had previously ordered, that the introit to the communion service should begin with these words, Princes sat and spake against me.

1843 J. Bird Let. 8 Aug. in J. Howse Gram. Cree Lang. (1844) p. xv The Rev. Mr. Smithurst has, by well studying your Grammar, been enabled to read the Communion Service.

1927 Times 4 Mar. 10/3 God Himself is the Preparer of hearts rightly to receive the benefits specially offered by Him in the Holy Communion service.

2004 Church Times 25 June 18/4 The existence of such a retable made it necessary for the clergy to celebrate the communion service in front of the holy table, facing away from the people.

1622 H. Peacham Compl. Gentleman xi. 99 King Henrie the eight could not onely sing his part sure, but of himselfe compose a Seruice of foure, fiue, and sixe parts.

1641 J. Barnard (title) The first book of selected church musick, consisting of services and anthems, such as are now used in the cathedrall, and collegiat churches of this kingdome.

1782 W. Mason Coll. Anthems p. xix The Service which Thomas Tallis composed in the reign of Queen Elizabeth.

1837 Morning Post 23 Oct. The choir sang Boyce's Service in A, Jomelli's Sanctus and Responses, and a treble anthem from the 8th Psalm.

1863 Imperial Dict. Universal Biogr. III. 940/2 He..left in MS. various works, and composed a beautiful morning and evening service for the cathedral of Aberdeen.

1952 Musical Q. 27 478 Both Tallis and Byrd, among others, wrote large-scale ‘Great’ Services, in which the words were expanded musically at will.

1967 Musical Times 108 801/2 His upbringing in an Anglican choir has led him naturally to write in the long tradition of church music, not only settings of the Canticles—his Evening Service in C in Latin-American rhythms is probably his most frequently performed work—but more extended settings of sacred texts.

2014 Sunday Mercury (Birmingham) (Nexis) 6 Apr. 12 Composer Ben Parry watched as the 50 gowned boys and girls of the Solihull Chamber Choir sang The Solihull Service during Choral Evensong in the cathedral.