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- Dictionaryvespers/ˈvɛspəz/
noun
- 1. a service of evening prayer in the Divine Office of the Western Christian Church (sometimes said earlier in the day).
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Vespers is a service of evening prayer, one of the canonical hours in Eastern Orthodox, Coptic Orthodox, Catholic (both Latin and Eastern), Lutheran, and Anglican liturgies. The word for this fixed prayer time comes from the Latin vesper, meaning "evening". Vespers typically follows a set order that focuses on the performance of psalms and other biblical canticles. Eastern Orthodox services advert... Wikipedia