Ves"pers (?), n.; pl. [OF. vespres, F. vepres, LL. vesperae, fr. L. vespera evening. See Vesper, n.] R. C. Ch. (a)

One of the little hours of the Breviary.

(b)

The evening song or service.

Sicilian vespers. See under Sicilian, a.

 

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