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
Both the vespers and the Mass require the main celebrant to stand for most of the service.
From Reuters ● Dec. 31, 2020
Francis will also celebrate New Year’s Eve vespers and New Year’s Day Mass in the basilica.
From Washington Times ● Dec. 10, 2020
These ascents are called vespers flights, or vesper flights, after the Latin vesper for evening.
From New York Times ● Jul. 29, 2020
When we heard the bells in Southwark ringing vespers, we. were reluctant to return—not just the country boy, I think, but all of us.
From "The Shakespeare Stealer" by Gary L. Blackwood
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