Vesper

//ˈvɛspɚ// adj, name, noun

adj, name, noun ·Moderate ·College level

Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    The bell that summons worshippers to vespers; the vesper-bell.
  2. 2
    a late afternoon or evening worship service wordnet
  3. 3
    The evening. poetic

    "In mist or cloud, on mast or shroud, / It perch'd for vespers nine; Whiles all the night, through fog-smoke white, / Glimmered the white Moon-shine."

  4. 4
    A vesper martini.
  5. 5
    A vesper bat.

    "Almost all vespers are insect catchers."

Adjective
  1. 1
    Evening. not-comparable, poetic

    "On Sumter’s rampart, that sweet eve, / I heard the vesper bugle play […]"

Proper Noun
  1. 1
    The planet Venus as the evening star.

    "Near-synonyms: Phosphorus, Eosphorus, Lucifer, morning star, Venus"

  2. 2
    A surname from German.
  3. 3
    A locality in the Shire of Baw Baw, south eastern Victoria, Australia.

Synonyms

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bedtime prayercamp meetingchimechimechurchchurch service

Example

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"In mist or cloud, on mast or shroud, / It perch'd for vespers nine; Whiles all the night, through fog-smoke white, / Glimmered the white Moon-shine."

Etymology

Etymology 1

From Old French vespre, from Latin vesper (“evening star”).

Etymology 2

Borrowed from Latin vesper (“evening star”).

Etymology 3

Borrowed from German Vesper.

Etymology 4

Unknown.

Related phrases

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