vespers

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English

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Etymology

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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.

Euphemistic use first as Vèpres éphésiennes (Ephesian Vespers), coined in 1890 by historian Théodore Reinach by analogy with the Sicilian Vespers.

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Noun

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vespers (uncountable)

  1. (Christianity, plural only) The sixth of the seven canonical hours, an evening prayer service
  2. (euphemistic) A massacre

Derived terms

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Translations

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Noun

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vespers

  1. plural of vesper

Middle English

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Alternative forms

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Etymology

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From Old French vespres, from Ecclesiastical Latin vesperae (vespers); see English vespers.

Noun

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vespers (uncountable)

  1. (Christianity) The sixth of the seven canonical hours.
  2. (Christianity) The liturgical service celebrated at this time.

Descendants

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  • English: vespers

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Swedish

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Noun

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vespers

  1. indefinite genitive singular of vesper