Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun A daily evening service in the Anglican Church.
- noun Roman Catholic Church A service that includes the office of Vespers. No longer in ecclesiastical use.
- noun A song sung in the evening.
- noun Archaic Evening.
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun In the Anglican Ch., a form of worship appointed to be said or sung at evening. Known as vespers in the Roman Catholic Church.
- noun A song or hymn sung at evening.
- noun The time of even-song; evening.
- noun Also
evening-song .
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun 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.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun A religious service, most commonly seen in the
Anglican orEpiscopal Church, that takes place in the early hours of the evening.
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun (Anglican Church) a daily evening service with prayers prescribed in the Book of Common Prayer
- noun the sixth of the seven canonical hours of the divine office; early evening; now often made a public service on Sundays
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Examples
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"At 7 p.m. we'll have a choral evensong, which is designed for congregation participation," Chapman said.
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When the shadows dip behind a churchyard somewhere in England's shires, it would be no surprise to glimpse David Gower on his way to evensong with Sebastian Coe and Tim Henman.
Why are English sporting heroes so dull? | Kevin McKenna 2011
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I have BBC Radio 3 broadcasting choral evensong on while a student comes to discuss her long essay.
Henry’s Demons Patrick Cockburn 2011
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Hours of 13.5 tog murders pondered amid snoozing spires and the distant peal of pre-recorded evensong.
Top Gear, New Tricks, Lewis … the television shows that won't die 2011
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With the right wind, he might one day hear the evensong of the bailiffs, wrestling with protesters, ripping down their tents.
Hugh Muir's diary 2011
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Or that nobody who is good at sports ought to be "morally upright" iow, not sleep with team-mates wives, girlfriends or partners, or swear gratuitously on every occasion or enjoy a decent choral evensong?
Why are English sporting heroes so dull? | Kevin McKenna 2011
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There is a melancholy in the modern world which looks with nostalgia to the days when magic ruled the world, and sunrise was a time of aubade, dusk a time for the canticles of evensong, when the elfin ships can be glimpsed by those with second sight against the fiery clouds, setting sail away from the mortal shores for worlds beyond the sunset, beyond the seas we know.
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I have BBC Radio 3 broadcasting choral evensong on while a student comes to discuss her long essay.
Henry’s Demons Patrick Cockburn 2011
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I hadn't realised that Tony, who was born into a church family, always attended evensong at St Mary Abbots in Kensington, London, where his father had worked.
Aaaargh! It's the end of Nigel in the Archers. Now which one was he again? 2011
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The best way to appreciate is to visit during evensong.01223 331212One of the earliest examples of a show of private wealth, this was built in 1440 by Ralph Cromwell, treasurer to Henry VI.
seanahan commented on the word evensong
This is ripe for an oddsong joke.
July 8, 2007
reesetee commented on the word evensong
Thanks, seanahan! I'm adding your word to my Oddball Opposites list. :-)
July 8, 2007
slumry commented on the word evensong
mornsong?
July 11, 2007
misterpolly commented on the word evensong
Even song will draw non-believers into churches.
December 24, 2007
hernesheir commented on the word evensong
See evening song.
July 30, 2010
hernesheir commented on the word evensong
"This expense should be discontinued at once". --US Railway Association, Standard Cipher Code, 1906. Railroad telegraph shorthand.
January 22, 2013