vespers
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Presiding would have required standing, kneeling and holding aloft a monstrance, a heavy gold vessel used to hold the communion host during vespers.
From Reuters ● Dec. 31, 2021
It was my vespers, my evening prayer, my way of honoring creation and the sacred.
From Washington Post ● Oct. 15, 2021
Francis will also celebrate New Year’s Eve vespers and New Year’s Day Mass in the basilica.
From Washington Times ● Dec. 10, 2020
These ascents are called vespers flights, or vesper flights, after the Latin vesper for evening.
From New York Times ● Jul. 29, 2020
Because I was mad with Sister Claire for her narrow views, and with myself for being so cowardly, I decided to go to vespers at St. Jean Bosco.
From "Taste of Salt: A Story of Modern Haiti" by Frances Temple
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