"vespers" meaning in English

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Noun

IPA: /ˈvɛsˌpɝz/ [General-American] Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Persent101-vespers.wav [US]
Etymology: From Middle English vespers, from Old French vespres (French vêpres), from Ecclesiastical Latin vesperae (“vespers”), substantivisation of relational Late Latin vesperus (“evening”), from vesper (“evening”) + -us. Etymology templates: {{inh|en|enm|vespers}} Middle English vespers, {{der|en|fro|vespres}} Old French vespres, {{m|fr|vêpres}} vêpres, {{der|en|EL.|vesperae||vespers}} Ecclesiastical Latin vesperae (“vespers”), {{glossary|substantivisation}} substantivisation, {{der|en|LL.|vesperus||evening}} Late Latin vesperus (“evening”), {{af|la|vesper|-us|nocat=1|t1=evening}} vesper (“evening”) + -us Head templates: {{en-noun|-}} vespers (uncountable)
  1. (Christianity, plural only) The sixth of the seven canonical hours, an evening prayer service Tags: plural, plural-only, uncountable Categories (topical): Christianity Related terms: evensong, smokefall Translations (evening canonical hour): vêpres [feminine, plural] (French), Vesper [feminine] (German), Εσπερινός (Esperinós) [masculine] (Greek), vecsernye (Hungarian), vesperás (Hungarian), vespri [masculine, plural] (Italian), vesperae [feminine, plural] (Latin), ве́черна (véčerna) [feminine] (Macedonian), gosber (Welsh)
    Sense id: en-vespers-en-noun-JDXYgPwy Categories (other): English pluralia tantum, English entries with incorrect language header, English entries with topic categories using raw markup, Middle English entries with incorrect language header, Middle English entries with topic categories using raw markup Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 97 3 Disambiguation of English entries with topic categories using raw markup: 94 6 Disambiguation of Middle English entries with incorrect language header: 43 1 36 20 Disambiguation of Middle English entries with topic categories using raw markup: 41 1 32 26 Topics: Christianity

Noun

IPA: /ˈvɛsˌpɝz/ [General-American] Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Persent101-vespers.wav [US]
Etymology: From Middle English vespers, from Old French vespres (French vêpres), from Ecclesiastical Latin vesperae (“vespers”), substantivisation of relational Late Latin vesperus (“evening”), from vesper (“evening”) + -us. Etymology templates: {{inh|en|enm|vespers}} Middle English vespers, {{der|en|fro|vespres}} Old French vespres, {{m|fr|vêpres}} vêpres, {{der|en|EL.|vesperae||vespers}} Ecclesiastical Latin vesperae (“vespers”), {{glossary|substantivisation}} substantivisation, {{der|en|LL.|vesperus||evening}} Late Latin vesperus (“evening”), {{af|la|vesper|-us|nocat=1|t1=evening}} vesper (“evening”) + -us Head templates: {{head|en|noun form}} vespers
  1. plural of vesper Tags: form-of, plural Form of: vesper Categories (topical): Time
    Sense id: en-vespers-en-noun-gpYxXk6- Disambiguation of Time: 27 73

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        "form-of",
        "plural"
      ]
    }
  ],
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      "tags": [
        "General-American"
      ]
    },
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      "mp3_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/4/47/LL-Q1860_%28eng%29-Persent101-vespers.wav/LL-Q1860_%28eng%29-Persent101-vespers.wav.mp3",
      "ogg_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/4/47/LL-Q1860_%28eng%29-Persent101-vespers.wav/LL-Q1860_%28eng%29-Persent101-vespers.wav.ogg",
      "tags": [
        "US"
      ],
      "text": "Audio (US)"
    }
  ],
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}

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