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Collins Concise English Dictionary © HarperCollins Publishers:: vespers /ˈvɛspəz/ n (functioning as singular or plural)- chiefly the sixth of the seven canonical hours of the divine office, originally fixed for the early evening and now often made a public service on Sundays and major feast days
- another word for evensong
ves•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
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