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Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
The Collaborative International Dictionary
Vespers \Ves"pers\, n. pl. [OF. vespres, F. v[^e]pres, LL. vesperae, fr. L. vespera evening. See Vesper, n.] (R. C. Ch.)
One of the little hours of the Breviary.
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The evening song or service.
Sicilian vespers. See under Sicilian, a.
Wiktionary
n. (context Christianity English) The sixth of the seven canonical hours
WordNet
n. the sixth of the seven canonical hours of the divine office; early evening; now often made a public service on Sundays [syn: evensong]
Wikipedia
Vespers is the sunset evening prayer service in the Orthodox, Western and Eastern Catholic, Anglican, and Lutheran liturgies of the canonical hours. The word comes from the Greek ἑσπέρα ("hespera") and the Latin vesper, meaning "evening". It is also referred to in the Anglican tradition as evening prayer or evensong. The term is also used in some Protestant denominations (such as the Presbyterian Church and Seventh-day Adventists) to describe evening services.
Vespers is an interactive fiction game written in 2005 by Jason Devlin that placed first at the 2005 Interactive Fiction Competition. It also won the XYZZY Awards for Best Game, Best NPCs, Best Setting, and Best Writing.
Vespers is the Catholic and Orthodox prayer service.
Vespers may also refer to:
Vespers is an album by soprano saxophonist Steve Lacy recorded in 1993 and released on the Italian Soul Note label.
Usage examples of "vespers".
Sharlotta Vespers purred, moving over seductively to put her long fingers on the wererat leader's shoulders.
Rumors had said that old Basadoni was dead, and that Sharlotta Vespers and the other acting guildmasters were no more than puppets for the one who clearly pulled the strings: Artemis Entreri.
The drow wizard smiled at that, a confirmation that Sharlotta Vespers was walking onto very dangerous ground.
It was a minor mistake, but a few more quips like that against the young Baenre, Rai-guy knew, and there would remain too little of Sharlotta Vespers for anyone ever to make a proper identification of the pieces.
Sharlotta Vespers asked Entreri the next night, soon after the assassin had quietly returned to Calimport.
There were no scruples or codes within Sharlotta Vespers, only blatant manipulation.
To that end, I have had Sharlotta Vespers inform Jarlaxle that the wererat leader has been speaking out of turn, revealing too much about Bregan D'aerthe, to Pasha Da'Daclan, and we believe to the leader of the guild that came to investigate Dallabad.
It opened, and Berg'inyon Baenre entered, followed by several drow soldiers dragging a chained and beaten Sharlotta Vespers behind them.
I should not have forced Sharlotta Vespers upon you, though I trust that you tortured her to death as I instructed and buried her far, far away.
Sharlotta Vespers said with a sly grin as she examined the orc corpse on the side of the mountain a couple days later.
But if the bell she could hear was a vespers bell, that would mean it was getting dark, and she had better get up and look around before night fell.
They were ringing vespers, of course, calling the people in from the fields, beckoning them to stop work and come to prayers.
They wouldn't even start to look for her until after vespers, and by then it would be dark.
And even if they didn't realize she was gone until after vespers, they had torches and lanterns, and the parents of the boy with scurvy would come back to cook supper and find her and would go and fetch someone from the manor.
He should have been home by noon yesterday, and when he hadn't shown up by vespers, Eliwys accused Imeyne of sending him to Oxford.