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What (who) is evensong - definition
evensong
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![A parish church choir at [[All Saints' Church, Northampton]] singing Evensong](https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/B Boys 03.jpg?width=200 "A parish church choir at [[All Saints' Church, Northampton]] singing Evensong")
![The choir in procession at a service at [[St Paul's Cathedral, Melbourne]].](https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Carol Service at St Paul's (15973610958).jpg?width=200 "The choir in procession at a service at [[St Paul's Cathedral, Melbourne]].")
![Christchurch Cathedral]] Choir, [[Lagos]]](https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Christchurch Cathedral Choir Lagos.JPG?width=200 "Christchurch Cathedral]] Choir, [[Lagos]]")
![The choir rehearsing for Evensong in [[York Minster]]](https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Evensong in York Minster.jpg?width=200 "The choir rehearsing for Evensong in [[York Minster]]")
COMMON NAME FOR A CHRISTIAN CHURCH SERVICE ORIGINATING IN THE ANGLICAN TRADITION AS PART OF THE REFORMED PRACTICE OF THE DAILY OFFICE OR CANONICAL HOURS
Evening Prayer (Anglican); Choral evensong; Solemn Evensong; Even-song; Evensong Service; Choral Evensong; User:Daphne Preston-Kendal/Evensong
Evensong is the evening service in the Anglican Church.
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Evensong
COMMON NAME FOR A CHRISTIAN CHURCH SERVICE ORIGINATING IN THE ANGLICAN TRADITION AS PART OF THE REFORMED PRACTICE OF THE DAILY OFFICE OR CANONICAL HOURS
Evening Prayer (Anglican); Choral evensong; Solemn Evensong; Even-song; Evensong Service; Choral Evensong; User:Daphne Preston-Kendal/Evensong
·noun A song for the evening; the evening service or form of worship (in the Church of England including vespers and compline); also, the time of evensong.
evensong
COMMON NAME FOR A CHRISTIAN CHURCH SERVICE ORIGINATING IN THE ANGLICAN TRADITION AS PART OF THE REFORMED PRACTICE OF THE DAILY OFFICE OR CANONICAL HOURS
Evening Prayer (Anglican); Choral evensong; Solemn Evensong; Even-song; Evensong Service; Choral Evensong; User:Daphne Preston-Kendal/Evensong
¦ noun (especially in the Anglican Church) a service of evening prayers, psalms, and canticles.
Wikipedia
Evensong
Evensong is a church service traditionally held near sunset focused on singing psalms and other biblical canticles. In origin, it is identical to the canonical hour of vespers.
Examples of use of evensong
1. Either way, there‘ll be lively discussion at evensong.
2. And only tourists go to choral evensong these days.
3. There will be choral evensong in Westminster Abbey after the rally.
4. Things were done because they were the done thing, and the atmosphere was closer to evensong than entertainment.
5. I took my wife to Hereford Cathedral last time we were both in Hay - I wanted to show her what evensong was like, because I, too, am a great admirer of the Cranmer prayer book and the King James Bible.