vesperaladj.n.

/ˈvɛspərəl/

Etymology: < late Latin vesperālis, < Latin vespera : see vesper n. Compare French vesperal, noun.

A. adj.

1. Vespertinal, vespertine.

ΘΚΠ

the world > time > day and night > day or daytime > evening > [adjective]

vespertinec1503

acronic1565

acronical1585

vesperal1623

chronical1647

cronicall1647

vespertinal1839

post-cenal1848

after-supper1879

1623 H. Cockeram Eng. Dict. i Vesperall, of or belonging to the euening.

1656 T. Blount Glossographia Vesperal, of or belonging to the evening, or to the West part.

1887 L. Johnson Incense in Ireland (1897) 60 Pensive and solitary old age finds Calm in the vesperal, mild air.

1951 V. Nabokov Speak, Memory iv. 47 The day would take hours to fade, and everything..would be kept in a state of infinite vesperal suspense.

2. Pertaining to vespers or the vesper-bell. rare.

ΘΚΠ

society > faith > worship > canonical hours > vespers, evensong > [adjective]

vesperal1827

1827 T. Carlyle tr. J. P. F. Richter in German Romance III. 135 Amid the vesperal melodies of the steeple sounding-holes.

B. n.

1. Christian Church. An office-book containing the psalms, canticles, anthems, etc., with their musical settings, used at vespers; an antiphonary containing the vesper-chants.

ΘΚΠ

society > faith > artefacts > book (general) > music books > [noun] > antiphonary > containing vesper-chants

vesper-book1772

vesperal1869

society > leisure > the arts > music > written or printed music > [noun] > music book > church music > antiphonary > vesper book

vesper-book1772

vesperal1869

1869 Life Marg. M. Hallahan (1870) 431 They were presented with a Vesperal and Processional.

1884 Grove's Dict. Music IV. 257 The most correct Vesperals now in print are those published at Mechlin in 1870, and at Ratisbon in 1875.

2. An evening song.In quot. 1896 as the title of a poem.

ΘΚΠ

society > leisure > the arts > music > type of music > vocal music > types of song > [noun] > night or evening song

evensong1645

night-song1798

wake1813

vesperal1896

1896 E. Dowson Verses 39 Vesperal. ‘Strange grows the river on the sunless evenings!’

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1917; most recently modified version published online September 2021).

单词	vesperal
释义	vesperaladj.n. /ˈvɛspərəl/ Etymology: < late Latin vesperālis, < Latin vespera : see vesper n. Compare French vesperal, noun. A. adj. 1. Vespertinal, vespertine. ΘΚΠ the world > time > day and night > day or daytime > evening > [adjective] vespertinec1503 acronic1565 acronical1585 vesperal1623 chronical1647 cronicall1647 vespertinal1839 post-cenal1848 after-supper1879 1623 H. Cockeram Eng. Dict. i Vesperall, of or belonging to the euening. 1656 T. Blount Glossographia Vesperal, of or belonging to the evening, or to the West part. 1887 L. Johnson Incense in Ireland (1897) 60 Pensive and solitary old age finds Calm in the vesperal, mild air. 1951 V. Nabokov Speak, Memory iv. 47 The day would take hours to fade, and everything..would be kept in a state of infinite vesperal suspense. 2. Pertaining to vespers or the vesper-bell. rare. ΘΚΠ society > faith > worship > canonical hours > vespers, evensong > [adjective] vesperal1827 1827 T. Carlyle tr. J. P. F. Richter in German Romance III. 135 Amid the vesperal melodies of the steeple sounding-holes. B. n. 1. Christian Church. An office-book containing the psalms, canticles, anthems, etc., with their musical settings, used at vespers; an antiphonary containing the vesper-chants. ΘΚΠ society > faith > artefacts > book (general) > music books > [noun] > antiphonary > containing vesper-chants vesper-book1772 vesperal1869 society > leisure > the arts > music > written or printed music > [noun] > music book > church music > antiphonary > vesper book vesper-book1772 vesperal1869 1869 Life Marg. M. Hallahan (1870) 431 They were presented with a Vesperal and Processional. 1884 Grove's Dict. Music IV. 257 The most correct Vesperals now in print are those published at Mechlin in 1870, and at Ratisbon in 1875. 2. An evening song.In quot. 1896 as the title of a poem. ΘΚΠ society > leisure > the arts > music > type of music > vocal music > types of song > [noun] > night or evening song evensong1645 night-song1798 wake1813 vesperal1896 1896 E. Dowson Verses 39 Vesperal. ‘Strange grows the river on the sunless evenings!’ This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1917; most recently modified version published online September 2021). < adj.n.1623
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