Vespers

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vespers
n. evening prayer service (Christianity)
 
vesper
n. bell which calls worshippers to evening prayer service (Christianity)


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Vespers
Vespers is the evening prayer service in the Roman CatholicEastern (Byzantine) CatholicEastern Orthodox, and Lutheran liturgies of the canonical hours. The word comes from Latin vesper, meaning "evening." The term is also used in some Protestant (especially Lutheran and Seventh-day Adventist) denominations to describe evening services, and in some Anglican circles is used unofficially to refer to Evening Prayer[1] [2].
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vespers
Noun
1. the sixth of the seven canonical hours of the divine office; early evening; now often made a public service on Sundays
(synonym) evensong
(hypernym) canonical hour

 
vesper
Noun
1. a late afternoon or evening worship service
(hypernym) service, religious service, divine service
(hyponym) placebo


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vesper (de)
n. vespers, vesper, evensong

Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)Download this dictionary
Vespers
(n.)
The evening song or service.
  
 
(n.)
One of the little hours of the Breviary.
  

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