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vespers

religious liturgy
Also known as: hesperinos
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vespers, evening prayer of thanksgiving and praise in Roman Catholic and certain other Christian liturgies. Vespers and lauds (morning prayer) are the oldest and most important of the traditional liturgy of the hours. Many scholars believe vespers is based on Judaic forms of prayer and point to a daily evening celebration observed among Jews in the 1st century bce. By the 3rd century ce the writings of Tertullian show clear evidence of an evening prayer....

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