Vespers meaning

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Evensong.
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A service held on Sundays or holy days that includes the office of vespers.
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(Christianity) The sixth of the seven canonical hours.
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Plural form of vesper.
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(Christianity) A Christian service held in the late afternoon or early evening; evensong.
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Origin of vespers

  • Obsolete French vespres from Old French from Medieval Latin vesperās evening service from Latin accusative pl. of vespera evening variant of vesper vesper
    From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition

Vespers Sentence Examples

  • Vespers may be said or sung at any time after midday,.

  • From the date of the Sicilian Vespers (1283) Aragon is found mixed in the politics of Italy.

  • This again is followed by vespers, with a special anthem; after which the altar is stripped in silence.

  • The invasion, however, failed, and Michael so far had his revenge in the "Sicilian Vespers," which he helped to bring about.

  • At mass and vespers the mitra simplex may be substituted for it in the same way as the auriphrygiata for the pretiosa.

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