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Meanings of vespers in anglès

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The sixth of the seven canonical hours of the divine office; early evening; now often made a public service on Sundays.

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Examples for "evensong"
Examples for "evensong"
1
Honion, it was conjectured, would soon send the parson indoors to evensong.
Tell England / A Study in a Generation
2
Do you fancy a three-course meal during evensong at Saint Patrick's Cathedral?
The Irish Times
3
Barnabas Baux used to hold an open-air service after evensong on Sundays.
The Country of the Blind, and Other Stories
4
The birds in their evensong had all the war to themselves.
My Year of the War / Including an Account of Experiences with th...
5
Can't sing either-ifyou came to evensong here you'd know all about that.
La's orchestra saves the world
Usage of vespers in anglès
1
In the afternoon, after vespers, the catechism was explained by the fathers.
The Makers of Canada: Champlain
2
They arrive in the village on the evening before, and hear vespers.
Unknown Mexico, Volume 1 (of 2) / A Record of Five Years' Explor...
3
They were ringing for vespers; sunset was already gleaming through the forest.
Legends of the Rhine
4
Thus he passed the time till the hour of vespers and supper.
En Route
5
He was roused from these reflections by sudden silence; vespers were over.
En Route
6
He was reading the office of vespers without any congregation to assist.
The Secret Chamber at Chad
7
There they lay all in a row, like nuns going to vespers.
Droll Stories — Volume 1
8
The chapel bell tolls the last vespers, for long years, at Lagunitas.
The Little Lady of Lagunitas: A Franco-Californian Romance
9
Frocked and hooded monks file across the courtyard to matins or vespers.
The Irish Times
10
She's been entreating the captain to let her go ashore for vespers.
The Crusade of the Excelsior
11
Do you go to vespers and come home to say such things?
The Helmet of Navarre
12
The canticle for vespers is the Magnificat; for compline is the Nunc Dimittis.
In Troubadour-Land: A Ramble in Provence and Languedoc
13
On the other side of the canal the belfries were ringing for vespers.
Bébée; Or, Two Little Wooden Shoes
14
When it was nearly vespers the ships could be seen from the port.
The White Knight: Tirant Lo Blanc
15
She went to vespers at the church, and sat huddled in a corner.
Long Live the King!
16
It was only vespers-justfive psalms, a hymn, and the Magnificat; nothing more.
In Troubadour-Land: A Ramble in Provence and Languedoc
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