vespers
3
9.7
- noun
- /ˈvɛspərz/
- Formal
:
vesperas
- Pastors of souls should see to it that the chief hours, especially Vespers, are celebrated in common in church on Sundays and the more solemn feasts.
- Vespers in Venice
Examples
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I know from experience that the Sunday Vespers at St. Peter's has guest choirs.
Blog text (32) -
I'm told that in Rome, the Sunday Vespers at St. Mary Major is well done.
Blog text (32) -
After Vespers, Peter and I walked by the sea.
Fiction book (1999) -
From the earliest days, it has been a part of the Catholic Vespers services.
Blog text (22) -
There have been nights when I just don't pray Vespers and Compline.
Blog text (7) -
On Sunday mornings when both High and Low Mass were celebrated, he rang one additional time; then again for Sunday Vespers.
Fiction book (1999) -
The four readings which are added to the Vespers, each followed by the Ambrosian equivalent of a gradual, are never taken from the New Testament.
Blog text (25) -
The canons sing Vespers.
Blog text (32) -
Its 500th anniversary is being marked today by Pope Benedict XVI with the celebration of Vespers in the chapel.
Blog text (29) -
Every Sunday evening, the community gathers for Vespers at the local church.
Synonyms
8
3.0
A religious meeting where people talk to God and sing songs
2
9.9
An evening church service with prayer and singing
1
9.7
An evening church service with prayers and psalms, often in Anglican churches
How Formal
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
Vespers comes from the Latin vesper, meaning 'evening', so vespers are the prayers said in the evening. That's why the service is often calm and held at the end of the day.