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Vesper ves·per

Spelling: [ves-per]

IPA: /ˈvɛs pər/

Vesper is a 6 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 11 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 13 points.

You can make 94 anagrams from letters in Vesper (eeprsv).

Definitions for Vesper

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 Vesper

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 Vesper

The vesper hymn was sung by the whole congregation, standing.

Ah, that is the vesper bell, as they call it—the unclean beasts that they are!

Illustrated by vesper L. George, and by numerous photographs.

There's too much money being lost at the vesper Club, anyhow.

Perhaps you have also heard of the losses of my son Percival at the vesper Club.

At the vesper hour, there came an eighth, the stench of which was horrible.

For you must know that the vesper Star has a task to perform, and is not allowed to sleep.

"vesper service is beginning in the chapel, sir," says the gent.

The vesper custom I saw for myself every time I took an evening drive.

At the vesper Club, always up-to-date, the ball was of platinum, not of ivory.