"evening prayer" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: evening prayers [plural]
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  1. (Anglicanism, Methodism) The second of the two services of the Daily Office, combining the canonical hours of vespers and compline. Synonyms: evensong Coordinate_terms: morning prayer Translations (second of two services of the Daily Office): hwyrol weddi (Welsh), gwasanaeth hwyrol (Welsh)
    Sense id: en-evening_prayer-en-noun-Lyl0FdzK Categories (other): Anglicanism, Methodism, English entries with incorrect language header, Entries with translation boxes, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries, Terms with Finnish translations, Terms with German translations, Terms with Welsh translations Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 91 9 Disambiguation of Entries with translation boxes: 93 7 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 94 6 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 95 5 Disambiguation of Terms with Finnish translations: 90 10 Disambiguation of Terms with German translations: 88 12 Disambiguation of Terms with Welsh translations: 89 11 Disambiguation of 'second of two services of the Daily Office': 98 2
  2. (religion) Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see evening, prayer. Translations (prayer recited in the evening): iltarukous (Finnish), Abendgebet [neuter] (German), hwyrol weddi (Welsh)
    Sense id: en-evening_prayer-en-noun-XLJsP-NK Categories (other): Religion, Prayer Disambiguation of Prayer: 6 94 Topics: lifestyle, religion Disambiguation of 'prayer recited in the evening': 21 79

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Alternative forms

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