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In St. Benedict we find the name vespera which has prevailed, whence the French word vêpres and the English vespers.
The Catholic Encyclopedia, Volume 15: Tournely-Zwirner 1840-1916 1913
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"The north-east interior is dry, over-populated the anti-vespera The people are sufferers, they are martyrs, but they love the land, no matter how cruel the land may be to them or their children."
Errol Uys biography 2000
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Vocavitque Deus lucem Diem, et tenebras vocavit Noctem; fuitque vespera, et fuit mane dies unus.
Commentary on Genesis - Volume 1 1509-1564 1996
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Et egressus erat Ishac ad orandum in agro, dum declinaret vespera: et elevavit oculos suos, et vidit, et ecce, cameli veniebant.
Commentary on Genesis - Volume 2 1509-1564 1996
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Fuit autem vesperi, in vespera accepit Leah filiam suam, et adduxit eam ad illum, et ingressus est ad eam.
Commentary on Genesis - Volume 2 1509-1564 1996
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Saviour, the | _la Savinto_ | la sahveen'toh sermon | _prediko_ | prehdee'ko service, divine | _diservo_ | dee-sehr'vo service, evening | _vespera diservo_ | vespeh'ra dee-sehr'vo
Esperanto Self-Taught with Phonetic Pronunciation William W. Mann
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Apostolic Constitutions: "Precationes facite mane et tertia hora, ac sexta et nona vespera atque in gallicinio" (VIII, xxxiv, P. G.,
The Catholic Encyclopedia, Volume 7: Gregory XII-Infallability 1840-1916 1913
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