evening prayer
Noun
Meaning
(Anglican Church) a daily evening service with prayers prescribed in the Book of Common Prayer
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Examples
The man who says his evening prayer is a captain posting his sentinels. He can sleep.
To go to the synagogue with one's father on the Passover eve - is there in the world a greater pleasure than that? What is it worth to be dressed in new clothes from head to foot, and to show off before one's friends? Then the prayers themselves - the first Festival evening prayer and blessing.
Afternoon mediation follows, ending with evening prayer and celebration of the Mass.
After an opening hymn, a reading from the Holy Rule of St. Benedict and the psalms of evening prayer, the novice was called forward by the prioress and asked what it was she was seeking.
The Fajr prayer is performed before sunrise, Dhuhr is performed in the midday after the sun has surpassed its highest point, Asr is the evening prayer before sunset, Maghrib is the evening prayer after sunset and Isha is the night prayer.
Pope Francis greets those gathered at St. Patrick's Cathedral after leading an evening prayer there Sept. 24.