evensong

名词 n.
中文释义

英文释义

名词 n.
  1. A religious service, most commonly seen in the Anglican or Episcopal Church, that takes place in the early hours of the evening; originally, and sometimes still, an alternative name for vespers or a service combining vespers and compline. countable,uncountable
    — On Wednesday last, after taking Evensong at the church, I was leaving the vestry when a lady stepped forward and asked if she might speak to me privately.

词形变化

evensongs plural

词源

From Old English ǣfensang, equivalent to even + song. The use of even to mean evening is now obsolete except in poetry.
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