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Evening Prayer

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Eve·ning Prayer (vnng prâr)
n.
See evensong.
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Noun1.Evening PrayerEvening Prayer - (Anglican Church) a daily evening service with prayers prescribed in the Book of Common Prayer
evensong
Anglican Church, Anglican Communion, Church of England - the national church of England (and all other churches in other countries that share its beliefs); has its see in Canterbury and the sovereign as its temporal head


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It disturbed not the inmate, who was then engaged in the evening prayer recommended by her religion, and which concluded with a hymn we have ventured thus to translate into English.
Ivanhoe by Scott, Walter View in context
Her mother tubs her, for she is far too precious to be touched by any nurse, and then she is rolled up in a big bath towel, and only her little pink toes peep out; and when she is powdered, and combed, and tied up in her night-dress, and all her curls are on end, and her ears glowing, she is knelt down on her mother's lap, a little bundle of fragrant flesh, and her face reflects the quiet of her mother's face as she goes through her evening prayer for pity and for peace.
Elizabeth and her German Garden by Von Arnim, Elizabeth View in context
Having finished all the evening prayers, he now stood motionless, his eyes looking at the end of his nose, and mentally repeated with all his soul: 'Lord Jesus Christ, Son of God, have mercy upon me
Father Sergius by Tolstoy, Leo View in context
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