evensong
11evensong — noun Usage: often capitalized Etymology: Middle English, from Old English ǣfensang, from ǣfen evening + sang song Date: before 12th century 1. vespers 1 2. evening prayer …
12evensong — /ee veuhn sawng , song /, n. 1. (usually cap.) Also called evening prayer. Anglican Ch. a form of worship said or sung in the evening. 2. vesper (def. 3c). [bef. 1000; ME; OE aefensang. See EVEN2, SONG] * * * …
13evensong — noun A religious service, most commonly seen in the Anglican or Episcopal Church, that takes place in the early hours of the evening …
14Evensong — The English equivalent of the Latinate *vespers. [< OldEngl. xfensang = even[ing] + song] …
15evensong — Synonyms and related words: Mass, bedtime prayer, camp meeting, church, church service, close of day, cockshut, compline, crepuscular, devotions, divine service, dusk, dusky, duty, eve, even, evening, evening devotions, eventide, exercises,… …
16evensong — (Roget s IV) n. Syn. vespers, evening prayer, Angelus; see hymn , prayer 2 …
17evensong — e|ven|song [ˈi:vənsɔŋ US so:ŋ] n [U] the evening religious ceremony in the Church of England …
18evensong — e|ven|song [ ivn,sɔŋ ] noun uncount the church service in the Anglican Church that people go to in the evening …
19evensong — sb. RG. 369 …
20evensong — n. evening prayer (Anglicanism) …