- the evening star, especially Venus; Hesperus.
- a bell rung at evening.
- vespers, (sometimes initial capital letter)Ecclesiastical.
- a religious service in the late afternoon or the evening.
- the sixth of the seven canonical hours, or the service for it, occurring in the late afternoon or the evening.
- a part of the office to be said in the evening by those in major orders, frequently made a public ceremony in the afternoons or evenings of Sundays and holy days.
- evensong (def. 1).
- evening.
- of, pertaining to, appearing in, or proper to the evening.
- of or relating to vespers.
- an evening prayer, service, or hymn
- an archaic word for evening
- of or relating to vespers
- the planet Venus, when appearing as the evening star
