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Noun
According to Francisco, the composers represented no less than 30 print collections of solo songs, cantatas, motets, polyphonic works, settings for psalms and masses, a magnificat, a vespers service, a dozen sonatas, and scores for nine operas and other staged works.—Michael Andor Brodeur, Washington Post, 27 Mar. 2024 What: Interfaith vesper hour with guest speaker Kenneth L. Parker, with a reception to follow.—Haadiza Ogwude, The Enquirer, 9 Jan. 2024 Everyone has their own take on the classic cocktail; ours at Saint Theo's is a combination between a vesper and a smooth, dry martini.—Aly Walansky, Forbes, 7 June 2022 The reservoir host is the large vesper mouse, a forest rodent that also favors human habitats.—Alberto Lucas LÓpez, National Geographic, 17 June 2021 See all Example Sentences for vesper
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Etymology
Noun
Middle English, from Latin, evening, evening star — more at west
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