vespers

Example Sentences

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It was my vespers, my evening prayer, my way of honoring creation and the sacred.

From Washington Post • Oct. 15, 2021

Both the vespers and the Mass require the main celebrant to stand for most of the service.

From Reuters • Dec. 31, 2020

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

I see night women in doorways, monks chanting vespers, and here is the great boom of Big Ben, This is the BBC Overseas Service and here is the news.

From "Angela's Ashes: A Memoir" by Frank McCourt