evensongnoun [ U ]
uk/ˈiː.vənˌsɒŋ/us/ˈiː.vənˌsɑːŋ/the evening ceremony of the Church of England or the Roman Catholic Church
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Religious ceremonies & prayers
- alleluia
- amen
- anoint
- baptism
- bar mitzvah
- blessing
- burnt offering
- confirm
- confirmation
- consecrate
- creed
- dedicate
- devotion
- incense
- matins
- ordination
- Our Father
- pray
- prayer
- sermon
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Examples from literature
- Evensong had been sung with more than usual solemnity.
- Evensong had just concluded, the worshippers had dispersed, and the great square itself was silent and deserted, save for one or two hurrying pedestrians crossing it on their homeward way.
- That night, so far as possible, the chaplains gathered their men round them on the field, and many a homely evensong was held.
- The church bells were ringing for evensong, and a squad of Salvation Army lassies came singing down Waterloo Road.
- We cannot find them, and they have not been seen by anyone since evensong.