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evensong definition

even·song (ēvən sôŋ′)

noun

    1. R.C.Ch. vespers
    2. Anglican Ch. the worship service assigned to the evening
  1. a song sung at evening
  2. Archaic evening

Etymology: ME < OE æfensang: see evening & song

Webster's New World College Dictionary Copyright © 2009 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio.
Used by arrangement with John Wiley & Sons, Inc.

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