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The sixth of the seven canonical hours of the divine office
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evensong
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The term evensong can refer to the following:
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
Word definitions in Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
noun EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS ▪ I could see what he meant when we turned up the other day for evensong at Salisbury Cathedral. ▪ In the building just opposite, evensong would soon be drawing to a close. ▪ It was a choral evensong from Southwark which convinced ...
The Collaborative International Dictionary
Word definitions in The Collaborative International Dictionary
Evensong \E"ven*song`\, n. [AS. [=ae]fensang.] A song for the evening; the evening service or form of worship (in the Church of England including vespers and compline); also, the time of evensong. --Wyclif. Milton.
Usage examples of evensong.
Anorrweyn Evensong was but a faint outline now, rapidly disappearing altogether.
Rhoan was investigating Evensong and I had the vampire who owned the company camped out in my hallway.
The second Evensong will feature medieval instruments and sacred music.
While that was a nice thought, in the twenty-five years since the Evensong programs had started, the offering had always been donated to special charities.
For the December Evensong, Roger was performing a solo concert, a treat I desired, but not if he continued his games.
If it was possible for a bloodless, incorporeal being to pale, Anorrweyn Evensong did so.
Bee waited till Evensong would be over, and then walked across the fields to the Rectory.
There was no sung Evensong on Saturdays - the one day off for the boy choristers from the choir school across the street - but because it was close to Christmas, even said Evensong was well attended.
As Evensong ended and the clergy filed out of the choir, worshippers following in ragged groups, some lingering in the stillness, Paddy watched the ladies of the Altar Guild going about their business, preparing the altar for Sunday services the next morning.
City rang-out Morning Bells, as they would ring each bell throughout the day, until Evensong, when once again, they began to fall silent.
Kellen realize that he had grown so engrossed in his task that he had not even heard the sound of Evensong Bells.
The Evensong Bells were silent now, and he could no longer make out the City behind him, though he knew it would probably be visible in daylight.
Though an emerald ferronniere crowned her forehead, in truth Anorrweyn Evensong needed no adornment.
Having ordered my dinner and found my room, I threw down my knapsack and then came out again to smoke an ante-prandial pipe, listen to the evensong of the stream, and think great thoughts.
After I heard how much money had been collected at the first two Evensongs, I decided to petition the Vestry to donate the offerings from the Requiem for the drive.