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[ves-per] Pronunciation Key

–noun

1.	(initial capital letter) the evening star, esp. Venus; Hesper.

2.	Also called vesper bell. a bell rung at evening.

vespers, (sometimes initial capital letter

) Ecclesiastical.

a.	a religious service in the late afternoon or the evening.

b.	the sixth of the seven canonical hours, or the service for it, occurring in the late afternoon or the evening.

c.	Roman Catholic Church. a part of the office to be said in the evening by those in major orders, frequently made a public ceremony in the afternoons or evenings of Sundays and holy days.

evensong.

4.	Archaic. evening.

–adjective

5.	of, pertaining to, appearing in, or proper to the evening.

6.	of or pertaining to vespers.

[Origin: 1350–1400; ME, partly < L: evening, evening star; partly < OF vespres evening service < ML vesperās, acc. pl. of L vespera, fem. var. of vesper; c. Gk hésperos; akin to west

]

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ves·per (věs'pər) Pronunciation Key
n.

A bell that summons worshipers to vespers.
Vesper The evening star, especially Venus.
Archaic Evening.

[Middle English, evening star, from Latin, evening; see wes-pero- in Indo-European roots.]

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Online Etymology Dictionary - Cite This Source - Share This
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1390, "the evening star," from O.Fr. vespre, from L. vesper (masc.), vespera (fem.) "evening star, evening, west," related to Gk. hesperos, and ultimately from PIE *wespero- (cf. O.C.S. večeru, Lith. vakaras, Welsh ucher, O.Ir. fescor "evening"), from base *we- "down" (cf. Skt. avah "down, downward"). Meaning "evening" is attested from 1606. Vespers "sixth canonical hour" is attested from 1611, from pl. of L. vespera "evening;" the native name was evensong (O.E. æfen-sang). Hence also vespertine "of or pertaining to evening" (1502).

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vesper
noun
1.	a planet (usually Venus) seen at sunset in the western sky [syn: evening star]
2.	a late afternoon or evening worship service

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Vesper, WI (village, FIPS 82650) Location: 44.48106 N, 89.96729 W
Population (1990): 598 (219 housing units)
Area: 2.9 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water)
Zip code(s): 54489

U.S. Gazetteer, U.S. Census Bureau

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Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary - Cite This Source - Share This

Vesper

Ves"per\, n. [L., the evening, the evening star, the west; akin to Gr. ?, ?, and perhaps to E. west. Cf. Hesperian, Vespers.] The evening star; Hesper; Venus, when seen after sunset; hence, the evening. --Shak.

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Vesper

Ves"per\, a. Of or pertaining to the evening, or to the service of vespers; as, a vesper hymn; vesper bells.

Vesper sparrow, the grass finch. See under Grass.

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