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evensong

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evensong
1. Church of England the daily evening service of Bible readings and prayers prescribed in the Book of Common Prayer
2. Archaic another name for vespers


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Having ordered my dinner and found my room, I threw down my knapsack and then came out again to smoke an ante-prandial pipe, listen to the evensong of the stream, and think great thoughts.
The church bells were ringing for evensong, and a squad of Salvation Army lassies came singing down Waterloo Road.
For, though day after day, at morn or evensong, I have knelt in God's house, I have never repented of my sin.
 
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