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The Pillars of the Earth vocabulary
13 Christianity and/or Biblical vocabulary words
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vespers
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synonyms: evensong ???
tags: [christianity]
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Definition:evening church servicegratuitous sound file: by Lubini, licensed under the Attribution License (original trimmed/edited to reduce file size)
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They’re singing for vespers, and how carefully that merchant crosses himself! as if he were afraid of missing something.
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Church; you don't go to mass or vespers; you sleep till midday. . . . Why do you come here? . . . You come with a God of your own into a monastery you have nothing to do with, and you imagine that the monks look upon it as a very great honour.
Anton Chekhov. The Duel and Other Stories
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The sun is not so hot now and I must prepare for the afternoon classes and vesper service.
Alice Walker. The Color Purple, p.140 (1982)
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He did not go to vespers. He did not go to compline either.
Sue Monk Kidd. The Mermaid Chair, p.193 (2005)
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