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WordReference Random House Learner's Dictionary of American English © 2024ves•per /ˈvɛspɚ/USA pronunciation n. - [countable] Also called ˈves•per ˌbell. a bell rung at evening.
- Religion vespers, [uncountable* often: Vespers] a religious service in the late afternoon or evening.
WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2024ves•per (ves′pər),USA pronunciation n. - (cap.) the evening star, esp. Venus;
Hesper. - Also called ves′per bell′. a bell rung at evening.
- vespers, (sometimes cap.)[Eccles.]
- 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.
- [Rom. Cath. Ch.]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.
- evensong.
- [Archaic.]evening.
adj. - of, pertaining to, appearing in, or proper to the evening.
- of or pertaining to vespers.
- Medieval Latin vesperās, accusative plural of Latin vespera, feminine variant of vesper; cognate with Greek hésperos; akin to west
- Old French vespres evening service
- Latin: evening, evening star; partly
- Middle English, partly 1350–1400
Collins Concise English Dictionary © HarperCollins Publishers:: vesper /ˈvɛspə/ n - an evening prayer, service, or hymn
- an archaic word for evening
- (modifier) of or relating to vespers
See also vespersEtymology: 14th Century: from Latin: evening, the evening star; compare Greek hesperos evening; see west |