Get to know Evensong better with 9 real example sentences, the meaning and synonyms like vespers or prayer.
Evensong in a sentence
Evensong meaning
A religious service, most commonly seen in the Anglican or Episcopal Church, that takes place in the early hours of the evening; originally, and sometimes still, an alternative name for vespers or a service combining vespers and compline.
Using Evensong
- The main meaning on this page is: A religious service, most commonly seen in the Anglican or Episcopal Church, that takes place in the early hours of the evening; originally, and sometimes still, an alternative name for vespers or a service combining vespers and compline.
- Useful related words include: vespers, canonical hour, evening prayer, prayer.
- In the example corpus, evensong often appears in combinations such as: evensong will, of evensong.
Context around Evensong
- Average sentence length in these examples: 24.2 words
- Position in the sentence: 4 start, 3 middle, 2 end
- Sentence types: 9 statements, 0 questions, 0 exclamations
Corpus analysis for Evensong
- In this selection, "evensong" usually appears near the start of the sentence. The average example has 24.2 words, and this corpus slice is mostly made up of statements.
- Around the word, office, prayer, special, informal and partly stand out and add context to how "evensong" is used.
- Recognizable usage signals include a special evensong will be and as services evensong informal prayer. That gives this page its own corpus information beyond isolated example sentences.
- By corpus frequency, "evensong" sits close to words such as aargau, abacos and abboud, which helps place it inside the broader word index.
Example types with evensong
The same corpus examples are grouped by length and sentence type, making it easier to see the contexts in which the word appears:
Divine office Evensong at York Minster All Anglican prayer books contain offices for Morning Prayer (Matins) and Evening Prayer (Evensong). (20 words)
After further study, in the afternoon the prince was to engage in sporting activities suitable for his class, before evensong. (20 words)
Dumfries: coronation choral evensong will take place at St John’s Church at 6 pm, attended by Lord Lieutenant Fiona Armstrong. (21 words)
In the US, these offices are further supplemented by an "Order of Worship for the Evening", a prelude to or an abbreviated form of Evensong, partly derived from Orthodox prayers. (30 words)
The government said “communally led prayer, worship or devotion such as services, evensong, informal prayer meetings, mass, jummah or kirtan will not be possible at this stage”. (27 words)
A special Evensong will be held at Worcester Cathedral at 4pm on Sunday, September 10, to mark the Dean’s retirement, with all welcome to attend. (26 words)
Example sentences (9)
Divine office Evensong at York Minster All Anglican prayer books contain offices for Morning Prayer (Matins) and Evening Prayer (Evensong).
A special Evensong will be held at Worcester Cathedral at 4pm on Sunday, September 10, to mark the Dean’s retirement, with all welcome to attend.
Dumfries: coronation choral evensong will take place at St John’s Church at 6 pm, attended by Lord Lieutenant Fiona Armstrong.
On a beautiful evening late in April, I came out of Evensong and bumped right into my husband, my very own John.
The government said “communally led prayer, worship or devotion such as services, evensong, informal prayer meetings, mass, jummah or kirtan will not be possible at this stage”.
After further study, in the afternoon the prince was to engage in sporting activities suitable for his class, before evensong.
In the Offices of Matins and Evensong in the 1662 Book of Common Prayer, these choral establishments are specified as "Quires and Places where they sing".
In the US, these offices are further supplemented by an "Order of Worship for the Evening", a prelude to or an abbreviated form of Evensong, partly derived from Orthodox prayers.
The services follow the cathedral tradition of the Church of England, Evensong being sung during Term six days a week and Sung Eucharist on Sunday mornings.
Common combinations with evensong
These word pairs occur most frequently in English texts:
- evensong will 2×
- of evensong 2×