Evening Prayer
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- noun
- Formal
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Oración de la Tarde
- Evening prayers are followed by a minute of silent meditation.
- Morning and Evening Prayer
Examples
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The boys also organized evening prayer meetings, and visiting ministers alternated in conducting services on Friday nights and Sundays.
Academic text (1991) -
This site offers daily Morning and Evening Prayer according to the Book of Common Prayer of the Episcopal Church.
Blog text (14) -
Would you care to join us for an evening prayer?
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The evening prayer starts up behind them.
Fiction book (2002) -
We meet in our home for an Anglican Evening Prayer Service and then follow it with a shared meal.
Blog text (15) -
My mother left the Gideon Bible open on the dresser by the bathroom to remind me to say my evening prayers.
Fiction book (2002) -
Would you care to join us for an evening prayer service at the cathedral?
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We must depart for the evening prayer service soon to ensure we arrive on time.
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The church hosts an evening prayer every Wednesday, inviting everyone to participate.
Synonyms
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A religious meeting where people talk to God and sing songs
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An evening prayer service in many Christian churches, often on Sundays
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An evening church service with prayers and psalms, often in Anglican churches
How Late
- Baby Talk
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6.0
- Formal
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8.7
- Formal
- Specialized
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5.0
Surface Forms
Morphology
The meaning is directly derivable from the constituents: 'evening' specifies the time and 'prayer' names the religious act, so a learner who knows both words will infer it refers to prayers or a prayer service held in the evening. The specific Anglican liturgical nuances are specialized but do not prevent basic comprehension of the phrase's meaning.
Etymology
Evening Prayer comes from the church custom of gathering in the evening to pray, so the words Evening and Prayer are literal. That's why it means 'a service of prayers in the evening'.