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vespers

/ ˈvɛspəz /

noun

  1. RC Church the sixth of the seven canonical hours of the divine office, originally fixed for the early evening and now often made a public service on Sundays and major feast days
  2. another word for evensong
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012


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Example Sentences

I attended at vespers, and have seldom been more gratified with the music of the evening service.

The cries were heard even inside the Churches, where pious folks were singing Vespers.

Carrio and I never failed being present at these vespers of the 'Mendicanti', and we were not alone.

And the boatmen would rest on their oars and listen to the matins or vespers chanted by the brethren within its walls.

And when she had seen all that she wanted, she returned to the city, to the cathedral church, where she heard vespers.

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