vesper

[ ves-per ]
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noun
  1. (initial capital letter) the evening star, especially Venus; Hesperus.

  2. Also called vesper bell . a bell rung at evening.

  1. vespers, (sometimes initial capital letter)Ecclesiastical.

    • a religious service in the late afternoon or the evening.

    • the sixth of the seven canonical hours, or the service for it, occurring in the late afternoon or the evening.

    • Roman Catholic Church. a part of the office to be said in the evening by those in major orders, frequently made a public ceremony in the afternoons or evenings of Sundays and holy days.

    • Anglican Church. evensong (def. 1).

  2. Archaic. evening.

adjective
  1. of, pertaining to, appearing in, or proper to the evening.

  2. of or relating to vespers.

Origin of vesper

1
1350–1400; Middle English, partly <Latin: evening, evening star; partly <Old French vespres evening service <Medieval Latin vesperās, accusative plural of Latin vespera, feminine variant of vesper; cognate with Greek hésperos; akin to west

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British Dictionary definitions for vesper (1 of 2)

vesper

/ (ˈvɛspə) /


noun
  1. an evening prayer, service, or hymn

  2. an archaic word for evening

  1. (modifier) of or relating to vespers

Origin of vesper

1
C14: from Latin: evening, the evening star; compare Greek hesperos evening; see west

British Dictionary definitions for Vesper (2 of 2)

Vesper

/ (ˈvɛspə) /


noun
  1. the planet Venus, when appearing as the evening star

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