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She persisted in declaring, that she had never seen Robertson since his remarkable escape during service-time; and that, if her daughter had changed clothes with him, it must have been during her absence at a hamlet about two miles out of town, called Duddingstone, where she could prove that she passed that eventful night.

The Heart of Mid-Lothian 2007

To think of her going solemnly to church every Sunday, and looking all service-time at one particular person, and never so much as asking that person's name.

Shirley, by Charlotte Bronte 2004

On October 21, 1638, a terrible storm raged here during service-time.

Devon, Its Moorlands, Streams and Coasts Rosalind Northcote

They smoked their pipes during service-time, and left Old

The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 05, No. 28, February, 1860 Various

The place had been kept very sacred all that service-time.

Cinderella in the South Twenty-Five South African Tales Arthur Shearly Cripps 1910

A subdued excitement prevailed about service-time, and sank again afterwards like

Gone to Earth Mary Gladys Meredith Webb 1904

Other New England congregations piously froze during service-time well into this century.

Sabbath in Puritan New England Alice Morse Earle 1881

New England, but strict rules and laws were made for enforcing quiet during service-time.

Home Life in Colonial Days Alice Morse Earle 1881

Every Sunday, half an hour before service-time, at the last tolling of the bell, the captain stationed sentinels, then searched all the houses and commanded and forced all (except the sick) to go to church.

Home Life in Colonial Days Alice Morse Earle 1881

The church members made many rules and regulations to keep the cold out of the meeting-house during service-time, or perhaps we should say to keep the wind out.

Sabbath in Puritan New England Alice Morse Earle 1881