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11Vespers of 1610 — (Vespro della Beata Vergine) A setting of a Roman Catholic vespers composed by Claudio Monteverdi and published in Venice in 1610. The scoring of the 13 movements (not including an alternate, simpler six voiced Magnifi cat and a six voiced… …
12Vespers — One of the Seven Canonical Hours (which see). It was from the ancient offices of Vespers and Compline that the present service of Evening Prayer was compiled. This service is sometimes now called Vespers and also Even Song (which see) …
13Vespers in Lutheranism — The Order of Vespers as listed in the The Lutheran Hymnal :*Hymn of Invocation of the Holy Ghost*Versicles*The Psalmody and Gloria Patri*The Lection*The Responsory*The Sermon*The Offertory*The Hymn*Versicle*The Canticle and Antiphon*The… …
14Vespers — [evensong] One of the day s canonical hours of prayer, vespers is for the early evening. Cf. Horarium …
15vespers — [17] Latin vesper meant ‘evening’, and like Greek hésperos it went back ultimately to Indo European *wespero . This was formed from a base *we which denoted ‘down’ and also produced English west, so etymologically vesper signified ‘time when the… …
16vespers — [[t]ve̱spə(r)z[/t]] N UNCOUNT In some Christian churches, vespers is a service in the evening …
17vespers — /ˈvɛspəz / (say vespuhz) plural noun (sometimes upper case) 1. a religious service held in the late afternoon or the evening; Evensong. 2. Ecclesiastical a. the sixth of the seven canonical hours, or the service for it, occurring in the late… …
18vespers — ; evening prayer ; even song This word (from the Latin vespera, meaning evening ) designates the set of prayers of the Liturgy of the Hours that are said in the late afternoon or early evening. Vespers are publicly recited or sung daily in… …
19vespers — [17] Latin vesper meant ‘evening’, and like Greek hésperos it went back ultimately to Indo European *wespero . This was formed from a base *we which denoted ‘down’ and also produced English west, so etymologically vesper signified ‘time when the… …
20Sicilian vespers — Vespers Ves pers, n. pl. [OF. vespres, F. v[^e]pres, LL. vesperae, fr. L. vespera evening. See {Vesper}, n.] (R. C. Ch.) (a) One of the little hours of the Breviary. (b) The evening song or service. [1913 Webster] {Sicilian vespers}. See under… …
