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vespers

ves·pers

US/ˈvɛspɝz/ rare

noun

1.

the sixth of the seven canonical hours of the divine office; early evening; now often made a public service on Sundays

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Origin

From Middle English vespers, from Old French vespres (French vêpres), from Ecclesiastical Latin vesperae (“vespers”), substantivisation of relational Late Latin vesperus (“evening”), from vesper (“evening”) + -us. Euphemistic use first as Vèpres éphésiennes (“Ephesian Vespers”), coined in 1890 by historian Théodore Reinach by analogy with the Sicilian Vespers.

Phrases

  • Asiatic Vespers
  • Sicilian Vespers

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