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vespers

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