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Synonyms for vespers

Grammar : Noun
Spell : ves-per
Phonetic Transcription : ˈvɛs pər

Définition of vespers

Origin :
  • late 14c., "the evening star," from Old French vespre, from Latin vesper (masc.), vespera (fem.) "evening star, evening, west," related to Greek hesperos, and ultimately from PIE *wespero- (cf. Old Church Slavonic večeru, Lithuanian vakaras, Welsh ucher, Old Irish fescor "evening"), from root *we- "down" (cf. Sanskrit avah "down, downward"). Meaning "evening" is attested from c.1600.
  • Vespers "sixth canonical hour" is attested from 1610s, from plural of Latin vespera "evening;" the native name was evensong (Old English æfen-sang).
  • noun evening prayer
  • noun prayer
Example sentences :
  • The bell rang for vespers, and Greta did not go to the chapel.
  • Extract from : « A Son of Hagar » by Sir Hall Caine
  • But it is half-past five, I hear the bell ringing my vespers.
  • Extract from : « Diderot and the Encyclopdists » by John Morley
  • Then, on that night, after vespers, great noises were heard.
  • Extract from : « The Philippine Islands » by John Foreman
  • When vespers were over and the cardinals were departing, I left them.
  • Extract from : « Lucretia Borgia » by Ferdinand Gregorovius
  • Shall Nance and I call by for you on the way to vespers, then?
  • Extract from : « Molly Brown's Senior Days » by Nell Speed
  • Thus he passed the time till the hour of vespers and supper.
  • Extract from : « En Route » by J.-K. (Joris-Karl) Huysmans
  • There, moreover, Vespers were celebrated with more solemnity and less haste.
  • Extract from : « En Route » by J.-K. (Joris-Karl) Huysmans
  • He was roused from these reflections by sudden silence; vespers were over.
  • Extract from : « En Route » by J.-K. (Joris-Karl) Huysmans
  • The next Sunday, there was the unwonted occurrence of a sermon after vespers.
  • Extract from : « Earl Hubert's Daughter » by Emily Sarah Holt
  • She's been entreating the captain to let her go ashore for vespers.
  • Extract from : « The Crusade of the Excelsior » by Bret Harte

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