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evensong

[ee-vuhn-sawng, -song] / ˈi vənˌsɔŋ, -ˌsɒŋ /


NOUN
vespers
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STRONG
NOUN
vespers
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About eight hours after their morning rehearsal, 18 of the choir’s child members and 13 adult choral scholars walked into the college’s grand chapel, to sing that day’s traditional evensong service.

From New York Times Jul. 15, 2022

The evensong service at any Anglican church allows you to take in the history and architecture in a quiet way usually impossible during visiting hours.

From Washington Post Jan. 10, 2019

"The choral evensong will be a magnificent service using hymns she would have known as well as prayers she wrote herself, so that's a really beautiful thing."

From BBC Jul. 18, 2017

He will preach at five masses on Christmas Eve and Christmas Day, celebrate three of those masses, as well as preside at a late afternoon evensong and benediction.

From Washington Times Dec. 25, 2016

The chapel bells ring, calling us to evensong, but neither Marguerite nor I move.

From "Ophelia" by Lisa Klein




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