Vesper

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  • noun. A bell that summons worshipers to vespers.
  • noun. The evening star, especially Venus.
  • noun. Evening.
    • The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • noun. A vesper hymn or song.
  • noun. The evening star, a name given to the planet Venus when she is east of the sun and appears after sunset; hence, the evening.
  • noun. plural [⟨ LL. vespera, ML. vesperæ, ⟨ vespera, evening.] In the Roman Catholic and Greek churches, and in religious houses and as a devotional office in the Anglican Church, the sixth or next to the last of the canonical hours.
    • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • noun. The evening star; Hesper; Venus, when seen after sunset; hence, the evening.
  • adjective. Of or pertaining to the evening, or to the service of vespers.
  • adjective. the grass finch. See under Grass.
    • Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
  • noun. The bell that summons worshipers to vespers; the vesper-bell
  • noun. evening
    • WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
  • noun. a late afternoon or evening worship service
  • noun. a planet (usually Venus) seen at sunset in the western sky
    • Word Usage
    "And Mr. C.E.B., in the summertime they had what they called a vesper services up on Park Hill."
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    Sicilian Vespers  vesper mouse  
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    major planet  planet  
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    Hesper  esper  hesper  
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