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EVENING PRAYER
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Dictionary entry overview: What does Evening Prayer mean?
• EVENING PRAYER (noun)
The noun EVENING PRAYER has 1 sense:
1. (Anglican Church) a daily evening service with prayers prescribed in the Book of Common Prayer
Familiarity information: EVENING PRAYER used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
(Anglican Church) a daily evening service with prayers prescribed in the Book of Common Prayer
Classified under:
Nouns denoting communicative processes and contents
Synonyms:
Evening Prayer; evensong
Instance hypernyms:
prayer (a fixed text used in praying)
Domain category:
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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