Evensong

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  • noun. A daily evening service in the Anglican Church.
  • noun. A service that includes the office of Vespers. No longer in ecclesiastical use.
  • noun. A song sung in the evening.
  • noun. Evening.
  • The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • noun. In the Anglican Ch., a form of worship appointed to be said or sung at evening. Known as vespers in the Roman Catholic Church.
  • noun. A song or hymn sung at evening.
  • noun. The time of even-song; evening.
  • noun. Also evening-song.
  • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • noun. A song for the evening; the evening service or form of worship (in the Church of England including vespers and compline); also, the time of evensong.
  • Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
  • noun. A religious service, most commonly seen in the Anglican or Episcopal Church, that takes place in the early hours of the evening.
  • WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
  • noun. (Anglican Church) a daily evening service with prayers prescribed in the Book of Common Prayer
  • noun. the sixth of the seven canonical hours of the divine office; early evening; now often made a public service on Sundays
  • Word Usage
    ""At 7 p.m. we'll have a choral evensong, which is designed for congregation participation," Chapman said."
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