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ves·per | \ ˈve-spər 
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\Definition of vesper
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vesper
adjectiveDefinition of vesper (Entry 2 of 2)
: of or relating to vespers or the evening
Examples of vesper in a Sentence
Recent Examples on the Web: Noun Vespertilian refers to bats, which come out at dusk, when the evening star (Vesperus) appears and when monks say their evening prayers (vespers).
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Mary Norris, The New Yorker, "“A Way with Words” Is “Car Talk” for Lexiphiles," 28 Apr. 2020 There was a vesper sparrow on Division Road in Dartmouth and two on Horseneck Road in Westport.
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BostonGlobe.com, "Bird sightings," 19 Jan. 2020 Other highlights included a prairie warbler, a common yellowthroat, a rusty blackbird, and 3 yellow-bellied sapsuckers in Wellfleet, and a vesper sparrow in Truro.
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BostonGlobe.com, "Bird sightings on Cape Cod," 14 Jan. 2020 There was a vesper sparrow at Mass. Audubon’s Daniel Webster Wildlife Sanctuary.
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BostonGlobe.com, "Bird sightings - The Boston Globe," 24 Nov. 2019 Miscellaneous: Among sightings were a Eurasian wigeon in Broad Cove in Somerset, a vesper sparrow off of Bakerville Road in Dartmouth, and a common redpoll at the Thoreau School Riverwalk in West Concord.
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BostonGlobe.com, "Most read on BostonGlobe.com," 10 Nov. 2019 In Quebec City, the 17th-century monastery Le Monastère des Augustines provides rooms in the original cloister, breakfast served in silence, workshops in painting and opportunities to hear the nuns singing vespers.
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Elaine Glusac, New York Times, "Your Next Trip Might Change Your Life," 1 June 2018 The Everetts painted the exterior white with trim in teal, gray and vesper violet.
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Patti Restivo, Howard County Times, "A classsic reborn," 1 June 2018 Every evening at vespers, a different image of the incarnation is invoked.
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Patrick Neas, kansascity, "KC Symphony rolls out the Christmas cheer," 10 Dec. 2017
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