Definition of vespers in English:

vespers

nounˈvɛspəzˈvɛspərz

1A service of evening prayer in the Divine Office of the Western Christian Church (sometimes said earlier in the day).
（西派教会每天七段祈祷中的）晚课
Example sentencesExamples
- During vespers one day, the crucifix lit up and a voice spoke: ‘Francis, do you not see how my house is falling into ruin?’
- The most valuable aspect of this section of the book is his exploration of other contemporary collections of music for vespers.
- Approaching the monastery on a Friday evening, we turned south instead of north and arrived too late for vespers.
- He went to a Catholic school, he did his vespers, he did his mass, he did his religious studies, but he lost his faith.
- After vespers and meditation the monks sit down to evening supper which is eaten in silence while they listen to readings from scripture.
- The office is a pattern of nonsacramental prayer services that are celebrated at regular times of the day or night, primarily lauds in the morning and vespers at night.
- Very few people, even inside the church, know what vespers really means.
- The official celebration of the saint's feast day began the evening before at vespers and was followed by an early morning mass in the baptistery.
- There was also what they call vespers at night which went for an hour or two hours, so you were actually in session for a minimum of four hours every day, more likely five or six hours every day.
- As vespers drew to a close the pilgrims began to file quietly out and I was left alone at the back of the church with my rucksack.
- She and a friend go to Sunday morning services, share a leisurely lunch they bring from home, and afterwards attend the vespers.
- So while we all have our own jobs, and interests, we come together for dinners, for vespers, for music and art and activism, and just because we like each other.
- His religious conversion came on Christmas Eve, when he went to Notre Dame during vespers in search of what he called ‘decadent exercises’: the quasi-religious tropes of which the symbolist poets were fond.
- After vespers (an evening service), the celebration continues outside the church.
- The lights were on in the church, and the choir was making last-minute preparations for Christmas vespers.
- More recently, I watched as seminarians filed into the main chapel on a Sunday afternoon to sing vespers.
- Luckier still, we might find a vespers service at 7 p.m., and a much anticipated pilgrims' meal in a local restaurant.
- With the household interns we observe the ancient practice of fixed-hour prayer, keeping whenever possible four offices each day: morning prayers, midday prayers, vespers, and compline.
- She also includes excellent hymn suggestions for vespers.
- The daily liturgical cycle began in the evening with vespers, following the Jewish reckoning by which the day begins at sunset.
Synonyms
service, church service, religious rite, religious act, prayer, prayer meeting, praise, devotion, religious observance
1. 1.1 A service of evening prayer in other churches.
  （其他教会的）晚祷

Origin

Late 15th century: from Old French vespres 'evensong', from Latin vesperas (accusative plural), on the pattern of matutinas 'matins'.

west from Old English:
All of the words for compass points are Old English. West can be traced back to an ancient root that also produced Latin vesper ‘evening’, also the source of the church service vespers (Late Middle English), the connection being that the sun sets in the west. Go west, meaning ‘be killed’, comes from the idea of the sun setting in the west at the end of the day, and became common during the First World War. The expression is also used more generally in the sense ‘be lost or broken’, and this is the meaning found in the American equivalent go south. The choice of a different compass point is possibly connected with the idea of something being on a downward trend, or perhaps go west sounded too positive, given the hopeful promise of the American West represented in the exhortation ‘Go west, young man! Go west!’, recorded from 1851. The lawless western frontier of the USA during the period when settlers were migrating from the inhabited east was known as the Wild West from the 1840s, and was the setting for Westerns featuring cowboys, Indians, and cattle rustlers from about 1910. See also twain

Definition of vespers in US English:

vespers

nounˈvespərzˈvɛspərz

1A service of evening prayer in the Divine Office of the Western Christian Church (sometimes said earlier in the day).
（西派教会每天七段祈祷中的）晚课
Example sentencesExamples
- The official celebration of the saint's feast day began the evening before at vespers and was followed by an early morning mass in the baptistery.
- Approaching the monastery on a Friday evening, we turned south instead of north and arrived too late for vespers.
- More recently, I watched as seminarians filed into the main chapel on a Sunday afternoon to sing vespers.
- After vespers (an evening service), the celebration continues outside the church.
- Luckier still, we might find a vespers service at 7 p.m., and a much anticipated pilgrims' meal in a local restaurant.
- The most valuable aspect of this section of the book is his exploration of other contemporary collections of music for vespers.
- He went to a Catholic school, he did his vespers, he did his mass, he did his religious studies, but he lost his faith.
- The daily liturgical cycle began in the evening with vespers, following the Jewish reckoning by which the day begins at sunset.
- As vespers drew to a close the pilgrims began to file quietly out and I was left alone at the back of the church with my rucksack.
- Very few people, even inside the church, know what vespers really means.
- The lights were on in the church, and the choir was making last-minute preparations for Christmas vespers.
- With the household interns we observe the ancient practice of fixed-hour prayer, keeping whenever possible four offices each day: morning prayers, midday prayers, vespers, and compline.
- His religious conversion came on Christmas Eve, when he went to Notre Dame during vespers in search of what he called ‘decadent exercises’: the quasi-religious tropes of which the symbolist poets were fond.
- The office is a pattern of nonsacramental prayer services that are celebrated at regular times of the day or night, primarily lauds in the morning and vespers at night.
- So while we all have our own jobs, and interests, we come together for dinners, for vespers, for music and art and activism, and just because we like each other.
- During vespers one day, the crucifix lit up and a voice spoke: ‘Francis, do you not see how my house is falling into ruin?’
- She and a friend go to Sunday morning services, share a leisurely lunch they bring from home, and afterwards attend the vespers.
- She also includes excellent hymn suggestions for vespers.
- After vespers and meditation the monks sit down to evening supper which is eaten in silence while they listen to readings from scripture.
- There was also what they call vespers at night which went for an hour or two hours, so you were actually in session for a minimum of four hours every day, more likely five or six hours every day.
Synonyms
service, church service, religious rite, religious act, prayer, prayer meeting, praise, devotion, religious observance
1. 1.1 A service of evening prayer in other churches.
  （其他教会的）晚祷

Origin

Late 15th century: from Old French vespres ‘evensong’, from Latin vesperas (accusative plural), on the pattern of matutinas ‘matins’.

单词	vespers
释义	Definition of vespers in English: vespers nounˈvɛspəzˈvɛspərz 1A service of evening prayer in the Divine Office of the Western Christian Church (sometimes said earlier in the day). （西派教会每天七段祈祷中的）晚课 Example sentencesExamples During vespers one day, the crucifix lit up and a voice spoke: ‘Francis, do you not see how my house is falling into ruin?’ The most valuable aspect of this section of the book is his exploration of other contemporary collections of music for vespers. Approaching the monastery on a Friday evening, we turned south instead of north and arrived too late for vespers. He went to a Catholic school, he did his vespers, he did his mass, he did his religious studies, but he lost his faith. After vespers and meditation the monks sit down to evening supper which is eaten in silence while they listen to readings from scripture. The office is a pattern of nonsacramental prayer services that are celebrated at regular times of the day or night, primarily lauds in the morning and vespers at night. Very few people, even inside the church, know what vespers really means. The official celebration of the saint's feast day began the evening before at vespers and was followed by an early morning mass in the baptistery. There was also what they call vespers at night which went for an hour or two hours, so you were actually in session for a minimum of four hours every day, more likely five or six hours every day. As vespers drew to a close the pilgrims began to file quietly out and I was left alone at the back of the church with my rucksack. She and a friend go to Sunday morning services, share a leisurely lunch they bring from home, and afterwards attend the vespers. So while we all have our own jobs, and interests, we come together for dinners, for vespers, for music and art and activism, and just because we like each other. His religious conversion came on Christmas Eve, when he went to Notre Dame during vespers in search of what he called ‘decadent exercises’: the quasi-religious tropes of which the symbolist poets were fond. After vespers (an evening service), the celebration continues outside the church. The lights were on in the church, and the choir was making last-minute preparations for Christmas vespers. More recently, I watched as seminarians filed into the main chapel on a Sunday afternoon to sing vespers. Luckier still, we might find a vespers service at 7 p.m., and a much anticipated pilgrims' meal in a local restaurant. With the household interns we observe the ancient practice of fixed-hour prayer, keeping whenever possible four offices each day: morning prayers, midday prayers, vespers, and compline. She also includes excellent hymn suggestions for vespers. The daily liturgical cycle began in the evening with vespers, following the Jewish reckoning by which the day begins at sunset. Synonyms service, church service, religious rite, religious act, prayer, prayer meeting, praise, devotion, religious observance 1.1 A service of evening prayer in other churches. （其他教会的）晚祷 Origin Late 15th century: from Old French vespres 'evensong', from Latin vesperas (accusative plural), on the pattern of matutinas 'matins'. west from Old English: All of the words for compass points are Old English. West can be traced back to an ancient root that also produced Latin vesper ‘evening’, also the source of the church service vespers (Late Middle English), the connection being that the sun sets in the west. Go west, meaning ‘be killed’, comes from the idea of the sun setting in the west at the end of the day, and became common during the First World War. The expression is also used more generally in the sense ‘be lost or broken’, and this is the meaning found in the American equivalent go south. The choice of a different compass point is possibly connected with the idea of something being on a downward trend, or perhaps go west sounded too positive, given the hopeful promise of the American West represented in the exhortation ‘Go west, young man! Go west!’, recorded from 1851. The lawless western frontier of the USA during the period when settlers were migrating from the inhabited east was known as the Wild West from the 1840s, and was the setting for Westerns featuring cowboys, Indians, and cattle rustlers from about 1910. See also twain Definition of vespers in US English: vespers nounˈvespərzˈvɛspərz 1A service of evening prayer in the Divine Office of the Western Christian Church (sometimes said earlier in the day). （西派教会每天七段祈祷中的）晚课 Example sentencesExamples The official celebration of the saint's feast day began the evening before at vespers and was followed by an early morning mass in the baptistery. Approaching the monastery on a Friday evening, we turned south instead of north and arrived too late for vespers. More recently, I watched as seminarians filed into the main chapel on a Sunday afternoon to sing vespers. After vespers (an evening service), the celebration continues outside the church. Luckier still, we might find a vespers service at 7 p.m., and a much anticipated pilgrims' meal in a local restaurant. The most valuable aspect of this section of the book is his exploration of other contemporary collections of music for vespers. He went to a Catholic school, he did his vespers, he did his mass, he did his religious studies, but he lost his faith. The daily liturgical cycle began in the evening with vespers, following the Jewish reckoning by which the day begins at sunset. As vespers drew to a close the pilgrims began to file quietly out and I was left alone at the back of the church with my rucksack. Very few people, even inside the church, know what vespers really means. The lights were on in the church, and the choir was making last-minute preparations for Christmas vespers. With the household interns we observe the ancient practice of fixed-hour prayer, keeping whenever possible four offices each day: morning prayers, midday prayers, vespers, and compline. His religious conversion came on Christmas Eve, when he went to Notre Dame during vespers in search of what he called ‘decadent exercises’: the quasi-religious tropes of which the symbolist poets were fond. The office is a pattern of nonsacramental prayer services that are celebrated at regular times of the day or night, primarily lauds in the morning and vespers at night. So while we all have our own jobs, and interests, we come together for dinners, for vespers, for music and art and activism, and just because we like each other. During vespers one day, the crucifix lit up and a voice spoke: ‘Francis, do you not see how my house is falling into ruin?’ She and a friend go to Sunday morning services, share a leisurely lunch they bring from home, and afterwards attend the vespers. She also includes excellent hymn suggestions for vespers. After vespers and meditation the monks sit down to evening supper which is eaten in silence while they listen to readings from scripture. There was also what they call vespers at night which went for an hour or two hours, so you were actually in session for a minimum of four hours every day, more likely five or six hours every day. Synonyms service, church service, religious rite, religious act, prayer, prayer meeting, praise, devotion, religious observance 1.1 A service of evening prayer in other churches. （其他教会的）晚祷 Origin Late 15th century: from Old French vespres ‘evensong’, from Latin vesperas (accusative plural), on the pattern of matutinas ‘matins’.
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