vespers
noun /ˈvespəz/
/ˈvespərz/
[uncountable]- the service of evening prayer in some Christian Churches
compare evensong, matins(基督教某些教派的)晚课,晚祷 词源late 15th cent.: from Old French vespres ‘evensong’, from Latin vesperas (accusative plural), on the pattern of matutinas ‘matins’.