Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun A bell that summons worshipers to vespers.
- noun The evening star, especially Venus.
- noun Archaic Evening.
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun A vesper hymn or song.
- noun The evening star, a name given to the planet Venus when she is east of the sun and appears after sunset; hence, the evening.
- noun plural [⟨ LL. vespera, ML. vesperæ, ⟨ vespera, evening.] In the Roman Catholic and Greek churches, and in religious houses and as a devotional office in the Anglican Church, the sixth or next to the last of the canonical hours.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- adjective Of or pertaining to the evening, or to the service of vespers.
- adjective the grass finch. See under
Grass . - noun The evening star; Hesper; Venus, when seen after sunset; hence, the evening.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun The
bell that summons worshipers tovespers ; the vesper-bell - noun poetic
evening
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun a late afternoon or evening worship service
- noun a planet (usually Venus) seen at sunset in the western sky
Etymologies
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
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Examples
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And Mr. C.E.B., in the summertime they had what they called a vesper services up on Park Hill.
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We looked about and could see neither her nor Alice; and as it was nearly the hour they call vesper, though the days were still pretty long, we were greatly alarmed at their disappearance.
Jacques Bonneval Anne Manning 1843
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Poor little girl; one day to be called a vesper Vole, the next to be forgotten altogether, the next to be remembered after this fashion.
The Divine Fire May Sinclair 1904
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To be sure the recitation in concert, where the names of the asteroids, only four in number (instead of a million and four) were brought out by some of us, as "vesper,"
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Stoles for festivals are generally ornamented with embroidery, especially what are called vesper stoles ".
The Catholic Encyclopedia, Volume 14: Simony-Tournon 1840-1916 1913
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John McCain needs to get his old behind on the battle field to see what these young men and women are going through. vesper
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The hermeneutic of continuity recently published an update of my FARE 2008/9 professional work which as you are aware has now reached a critical legal juncture here in London : vesper has left a new comment on the post "Mass at St Peter's".
Rinunce e nomine 2009
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The hermeneutic of continuity recently published an update of my professional work which has now reached a critical legal juncture here in London : vesper has left a new comment on the post "Mass at St Peter's".
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Poetry has been the key for me, try www.spreadtheword.org.uk : Threads Started By: vesper..
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Last season hermeneutic of continuity published an update of my FARE 2008/9 professional work which as has now reached a critical legal juncture here in London : vesper has left a new comment on the post "Mass at St Peter's".
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