About The Word Evensong
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Evensong
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What's The Definition Of Evensong?
[n] (Anglican Church) a daily evening service with prayers prescribed in the Book of Common Prayer
[n] the sixth of the seven canonical hours of the divine office; early evening; now often made a public service on Sundays Synonyms | Synonyms for Evensong: Evening Prayer | vespers Related Terms | Find terms related to Evensong: bedtime prayer | camp meeting | church | church service | close of day | cockshut | compline | crepuscular | devotions | divine service | dusk | dusky | duty | eve | even | evening | evening devotions | eventide | exercises | grayness | lauds | liturgy | Mass | matins | meeting | morning devotions | night song | nightfall | none | nones | novena | office | praise meeting | prayer | prayer meeting | prayers | prime | prime song | public worship | revival | revival meeting | service | setting sun | sext | shut of day | sundown | sunset | sunsetty | tent meeting | the expiring day | tierce | twilight | twilighty | undersong | vesper | vespers | vespertine | vigils | watch meeting | watch night | watch-night service See Also | canonical hour | prayer Evensong In Webster's Dictionary \E"ven*song`\, n. [AS. [=ae]fensang.]
A song for the evening; the evening service or form of
worship (in the Church of England including vespers and
compline); also, the time of evensong. --Wyclif. Milton.
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