vespers

Example Sentences

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Lunch is followed by rest, vespers, more work, more prayer and then early to bed.

From Reuters

He had attended vespers there every Sunday for three years.

From The Guardian

After the morning meal, the monks work — gardening, cooking, painting icons — until it is time for vespers before sunset, the evening meal and bed.

From New York Times

The security officials said Zeinoun was dying when monks went to his cell in the small hours to fetch him for vespers.

From Fox News

For anyone who regularly takes a moment at dusk to give thanks for sunlight hours as they slip away, vespers comes earlier and earlier heading into fall.

From Seattle Times