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American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition

  1. n. A daily evening service in the Anglican Church. Also called Evening Prayer.
  2. n. Roman Catholic Church A service that includes the office of Vespers. No longer in ecclesiastical use.
  3. n. A song sung in the evening.
  4. n. Archaic Evening.

Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia

  1. n. In the Anglican Ch., a form of worship appointed to be said or sung at evening. Known as vespers in the Roman Catholic Church.
  2. n. A song or hymn sung at evening.
  3. n. The time of even-song; evening.
  4. n. Also evening-song.

Wiktionary

  1. n. A religious service, most commonly seen in the Anglican or Episcopal Church, that takes place in the early hours of the evening.

GNU Webster's 1913

  1. n. A song for the evening; the evening service or form of worship (in the Church of England including vespers and compline); also, the time of evensong.

WordNet 3.0

  1. n. (Anglican Church) a daily evening service with prayers prescribed in the Book of Common Prayer
  2. n. 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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  • hernesheir "This expense should be discontinued at once". --US Railway Association, Standard Cipher Code, 1906. Railroad telegraph shorthand. Jan 22, 2013

  • hernesheir See evening song. Jul 29, 2010

  • misterpolly Even song will draw non-believers into churches. Dec 23, 2007

  • slumry mornsong? Jul 11, 2007

  • reesetee Thanks, seanahan! I'm adding your word to my Oddball Opposites list. :-) Jul 8, 2007

  • seanahan This is ripe for an oddsong joke. Jul 8, 2007

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