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Vesper [Noun] Webster's Dictionary 1828

1. The evening star; Venus; also, the evening.

2. Vespers, in the plural, the evening song or evening service in the Romish church.

3. Sicilian vespers, the era of the general massacre of the French in Sicily, or Easter evening, 1282, at the toll of the bell for vespers.

Vesper [Adjective] Webster's Dictionary 1913

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

Vesper [Noun] Webster's Dictionary 1913

The evening star; Hesper; Venus, when seen after sunset; hence, the evening.

Vesperal [Adjective] Webster's Dictionary 1913

Vesper; evening.

Vespers [Noun] Webster's Dictionary 1913

1. One of the little hours of the Breviary.

2. The evening song or service.

Vespers Encyclopedia Britannica

VESPERS(officium vespertinum) in the Roman Catholic liturgy is that part of the daily office which follows none (nona) and precedes compline (completorium). In it the Pater Noster, Ave Maria, Deus in Adjutorium, &c., are followed by five psalms and five antiphons, after which come the “little chapter,” the hymn and the verse, which vary according to the season, the Magnificat and its antiphon, and the appropriate collect. In its general features the use of this office can be traced back to a very early date both in the Eastern and in the Western Church. Vespers may be said or sung at any time after midday, and in some circumstances even before it.

9th ed. Encyclopædia Britannica, vol. 24, p. 192
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Vespertilio [Noun] Webster's Dictionary 1913

A genus of bats including some of the common small insectivorous species of North America and Europe.

Vespertiliones [Noun plural] Webster's Dictionary 1913

A tribe of bats including the common insectivorous bats of America and Europe, belonging to Vespertilio and allied genera. They lack a nose membrane.

Vespertilionine [Adjective] Webster's Dictionary 1913

Of or pertaining to the Vespertiliones.

Vespertinal [Adjective] Webster's Dictionary 1913

Vespertine.

Vespertine [Adjective] Webster's Dictionary 1828

Pertaining to the evening; happening or being in the evening.

Vespertine [Adjective] Webster's Dictionary 1913

1. Of or pertaining to the evening; happening or being in the evening.

2. Blossoming in the evening.