vespers
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Moore was known on campus as a powerful speaker, tasked as first captain with addressing the student body during weekday vespers in the cavernous chapel with its stained-glass windows depicting historical military scenes.
From Washington Post ● Nov. 2, 2022
Presiding would have required standing, kneeling and holding aloft a monstrance, a heavy gold vessel used to hold the communion host during vespers.
From Reuters ● Dec. 31, 2021
Francis will also celebrate New Year’s Eve vespers and New Year’s Day Mass in the basilica.
From Washington Times ● Dec. 10, 2020
My own private vespers felt a little like counting the steps up a flight of steep stairs.
From New York Times ● Jul. 29, 2020
The kinglets, who were just back from the south, sang their vespers.
From "Frightful's Mountain" by Jean Craighead George
