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21vespers — noun plural but singular or plural in construction Usage: often capitalized Etymology: Anglo French vespres, from Medieval Latin vesperae, from Latin, plural of vespera evening; akin to Latin vesper evening star Date: 1595 1. the sixth of the… …
22Vespers — noun A Christian service held in the late afternoon or early evening; evensong See Also: smokefall …
23vespers — noun The sixth of the seven canonical hours See Also: smokefall …
24Vespers — Evening liturgical worship …
25vespers — I (Roget s IV) n. Syn. orison, evening prayer, evensong, compline; see prayer 2 . II (Roget s 3 Superthesaurus) n. evening prayer, canonical hour …
26vespers — ves|pers [ˈvespəz US ərz] n [U] [Date: 1300 1400; : Old French; Origin: vespres, from Latin vespera evening ] the evening service in some types of Christian church …
27vespers — ves|pers [ vespərz ] noun uncount an evening church service …
28vespers — prayer service held in early evening Ecclesiastical Terms …
29vespers — n. evening prayer service (Christianity) ves·per || vespÉ™(r) n. evening star, planet Venus; evening (Archaic) n. bell which calls worshippers to evening prayer service (Christianity) …
30vespers — noun a service of evening prayer in the Divine Office of the Western Christian Church (sometimes said earlier in the day). ↘a service of evening prayer in other churches. Origin C15: from OFr. vespres evensong , from L. vesperas, on the pattern… …
