Definition of vesperal in US English:
vesperal
adjective ˈvɛspərəlˈvespərəlˈvɛspərəl
1Of or pertaining to evening.
2Of or pertaining to vespers.
noun ˈvɛspərəlˈvespərəlˈvɛspərəl
A book containing the psalms, canticles, anthems and the like with their musical settings that are used at vespers.
Example sentencesExamples
- One room in particular is dedicated to a display of the 58 illuminated Choir books that were in use in the cathedral until 1930: graduals, antiphonaries and vesperals, carried out on parchment between 1508 and 1530 but unfortunately seriously damaged in the flood of 1966.
- Two glass showcases at the center of the room protect some illuminated incunables: missals, antiphonaries, graduals and vesperals.
- Fortunately, the remaining part of the music archive was undamaged by the disaster: this comprises an important collection of madrigals, vesperals and processionals, including an outstanding fifteenth-century Processional for Holy Week, well-known to scholars.
- It is possible that this vesperal was produced for use in a church of the Theatine order: their founder, St. Cajetan, is honored here with arrangements for his feast.
Definition of vesperal in US English:
vesperal
adjectiveˈvɛspərəlˈvespərəl
1Of or pertaining to evening.
2Of or pertaining to vespers.
nounˈvɛspərəlˈvespərəl
A book containing the psalms, canticles, anthems and the like with their musical settings that are used at vespers.
Example sentencesExamples
- Two glass showcases at the center of the room protect some illuminated incunables: missals, antiphonaries, graduals and vesperals.
- One room in particular is dedicated to a display of the 58 illuminated Choir books that were in use in the cathedral until 1930: graduals, antiphonaries and vesperals, carried out on parchment between 1508 and 1530 but unfortunately seriously damaged in the flood of 1966.
- Fortunately, the remaining part of the music archive was undamaged by the disaster: this comprises an important collection of madrigals, vesperals and processionals, including an outstanding fifteenth-century Processional for Holy Week, well-known to scholars.
- It is possible that this vesperal was produced for use in a church of the Theatine order: their founder, St. Cajetan, is honored here with arrangements for his feast.