evening prayer

noun — 2 senses

evening prayer

noun
1

The second of the two services of the Daily Office, combining the canonical hours of vespers and compline.

Anglicanism; Methodism; Anglicanism; Methodism

2

Lifestyle, Religion Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see evening, prayer.

  • – – has been set at two in the morning prayer, four in the midday prayer, four in the afternoon prayer, three in the sunset prayer, and four in the evening prayer.2006, Vincent Cornell, Voices of Islam [5 Volumes], page 13:

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