[f. BY- 4, 5 + OFFICE.] a. An office other than the main one. b. A form of religious service for by-occasions.
1577. Vautroullier, Luther’s Ep. Gal., 185. It is not the proper office of Christ … to teach the law, but an accidentall or a byoffice.
1680. Baxter, Cath. Commun. (1684), 12. Not medling … with the Discipline, By-offices, [etc.].
1689. Myst. Iniq., 40. Exceptions some may have against some Things in the By-Offices, and Occasional Service.
