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Definition of vespers noun from the Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary

vespers

noun
 
/ˈvespəz/
 
/ˈvespərz/
[uncountable]
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  1. the service of evening prayer in some Christian Churches compare evensong, matins
    Word Originlate 15th cent.: from Old French vespres ‘evensong’, from Latin vesperas (accusative plural), on the pattern of matutinas ‘matins’.
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