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eventide Chiefly arch.|ˈiːv(ə)ntaɪd|
[OE. ǽfen-tíd, f. ǽfen, even n. + tíd time, tide.]
a. The time of evening; evening. Also fig.
[c950Lindisf. Gosp., Mark xi. 11 Miððy ᵹee efrn wæs tid ᵹefoerde on Bethania mið tuoelfum.] a1000tr. Greg. Dial. i. x. (Bosw.), Seo æfen-tid ðæs dæᵹes. a1225Ancr. R. 404 Iðen ende of al his liue, þet was ase iðen euentid. 1388Wyclif Gen. i. 8. c 1430 tr. T. à Kempis' Imit. i. xix, In þe eventide discusse þe maner, what þou hast ben þis day in worde, worke, & þouȝt. 1578Chr. Prayers in Priv. Prayers (1851) 447 This life hath not one hour certain, whensoever the eventide thereof cometh. 1611Bible Gen. xxiv. 63. 1780 Cowper Nighting. & Gloww., Nor yet at eve his note suspended, Nor yet when eventide was ended. 1851Longfellow Gold. Leg. vi. Castle Vautsberg, Those same soft bells at eventide Rang in the ears of Charlemagne.
attrib.1382Wyclif Ps. cxl. 2 Euentid sacrifise.
b. eventide home, a home for elderly persons (orig. one maintained by the Salvation Army).
1918H. Barnett Canon Barnett II. l. 317 An eventide⁓home for those who are near the end of their pilgrimage. 1959J. Fleming Miss Bones viii. 95 She was in touch with dozens of good causes, eventide homes, hostels for distressed gentlewomen. 1962― When I grow Rich x. 120 It looks like an Eventide Home for old liners. |