Noun:

Vespers,

vespers's Usage Examples:

at Vespers from the first psalm to the Magnificat, at mass from the end of the Kyrie to the canon.

" It was at Rome, on the 15th of October 1764, as I sat musing amidst the ruins of the Capitol, while the barefooted friars were singing vespers in the temple of Jupiter, that the idea of writing the decline and fall of the city first started to my mind."

In the middle ages the nocturnal vigilia were, except in the monasteries, gradually discontinued, matins and vespers on the preceding day, with fasting, taking their place.

In 1282 he received a more decided check, when Sicily rose against him in the famous rebellion of the Vespers.

In 1880 he went to Milan for the inauguration of the Mentana monument, and in 1882 visited Naples and Palermo, but was prevented by illness from being present at the 600th anniversary of the Sicilian Vespers.

At mass and vespers the mitra simplex may be substituted for it in the same way as the auriphrygiata for the pretiosa.

The invasion, however, failed, and Michael so far had his revenge in the "Sicilian Vespers," which he helped to bring about.

This again is followed by vespers, with a special anthem; after which the altar is stripped in silence.

From the date of the Sicilian Vespers (1283) Aragon is found mixed in the politics of Italy.

Vespers may be said or sung at any time after midday,.

Synonyms:

canonical hour, evensong,