vespers
pronunciation
How to pronounce vespers in British English:
UK [ˈvespəz]
How to pronounce vespers in American English:
US [ˈvespərz]
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- Noun:
- the sixth of the seven canonical hours of the divine office; early evening; now often made a public service on Sundays
Word Origin
- vespers
- vespers: [17] Latin vesper meant ‘evening’, and like Greek hésperos it went back ultimately to Indo-European *wespero-. This was formed from a base *we- which denoted ‘down’ and also produced English west, so etymologically vesper signified ‘time when the sun goes down’. (Russian vecher ‘evening’ comes from another version of the same base.) English vespers itself goes back via Old French vespres to the plural of the variant Latin form vespera.=> west
Example
- 1. Even at vespers , she always made passes .
- 2. The boys went to sleep after vespers .
- 3. Following divine liturgy this sunday we orthodox will celebrate the forgiveness vespers with the rite of mutual forgiveness .
- 4. It 's time for vespers .
- 5. The " sicilian vespers " of 1931 is a myth with no relation to actual events .