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evensong

evensong noun: 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.

Noun

evensong (countable and uncountable, plural evensongs)

  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.
    • 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.1923, Ernest Bramah [pseudonym; Ernest Brammah Smith], “(please specify the page)”, in The Eyes of Max Carrados, London: Grant Richards, →OCLC

evensong meaning in Malayalam

evensong in Malayalam

സന്ധ്യാകീർത്തനം, സന്ധ്യാവന്ദനം, സന്ധ്യാനാമം

Forms of evensong

pluralevensongs

Origin of evensong

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

Questions about evensong

What does evensong mean?
Evensong means 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.
What is evensong in Malayalam?
Evensong in Malayalam is സന്ധ്യാകീർത്തനം, സന്ധ്യാവന്ദനം, സന്ധ്യാനാമം. See Evensong meaning in Malayalam.
What part of speech is evensong?
Evensong is a noun.
What is the plural of evensong?
The plural of evensong is evensongs.

Words near evensong in the dictionary

  1. evens out
  2. evens the score
  3. evens up
  4. Evensky
  5. Evenson
  6. evensong
  7. evensongs
  8. Evensons
  9. evenstar
  10. event
  11. event CG

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Adapted from Wiktionary: evensong (page history and authors); evensong (Malayalam Wiktionary) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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