Definitions for vespers

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vespers ves·per

Spelling: [ves-per]

IPA: /ˈvɛs pər/

Vespers is a 7 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 12 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 14 points.

You can make 119 anagrams from letters in vespers (eeprssv).

Definitions for vespers

noun

1. (initial capital letter) the evening star, especially Venus; Hesperus.
2. Also called vesper bell. a bell rung at evening.
3. vespers, (sometimes initial capital letter) Ecclesiastical. a religious service in the late afternoon or the evening. the sixth of the seven canonical hours, or the service for it, occurring in the late afternoon or the evening. Roman Catholic Church. a part of the office to be said in the evening by those in major orders, frequently made a public ceremony in the afternoons or evenings of Sundays and holy days. Anglican Church. evensong (def 1).
4. Archaic. evening.

adjective

1. of, pertaining to, appearing in, or proper to the evening.
2. of or relating to vespers.

Origin of vespers

1350-1400; Middle English, partly Latin: evening, evening star; partly Old French vespres evening service Medieval Latin vesperās, accusative plural of Latin vespera, feminine variant of vesp

Examples for vespers

He was roused from these reflections by sudden silence; vespers were over.

But it is half-past five, I hear the bell ringing my vespers.

She's been entreating the captain to let her go ashore for vespers.

The bell rang for vespers, and Greta did not go to the chapel.

The next Sunday, there was the unwonted occurrence of a sermon after vespers.

Shall Nance and I call by for you on the way to vespers, then?

When vespers were over and the cardinals were departing, I left them.

There, moreover, vespers were celebrated with more solemnity and less haste.

Then, on that night, after vespers, great noises were heard.

Thus he passed the time till the hour of vespers and supper.