Vespertide

noun

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Noun
  1. 1
    the evening, especially (Christianity) the time at which vespers is prayed archaic, poetic, uncountable

    "And the holy nuns after vespertide, / All forth from the chapel are gone"

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eveningeventide

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"And the holy nuns after vespertide, / All forth from the chapel are gone"

Etymology

From vesper + -tide.

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