"vespers" is a correct and usable word in written English.
It is a noun that refers to the evening prayer service in the Christian liturgy. For example, "The congregation gathered for vespers in the church as the sun set."
In the vast church hall, two young guys with ponytails begin to strum old guitars: time for vespers.
For a non-Catholic, vespers was a good introduction but it was compline, the final 8pm service, I enjoyed the most.
Judy pointed out my room and left me to unpack before vespers, the 6pm service.
Just outside Bethlehem is the Abbey of Regina Laudis, where we're going to see and hear Vespers.
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Conquered by the Normans in the 11th century and incorporated in the kingdom of Sicily in the 12th century, it became part of the Kingdom of Naples after the Wars of Sicilian Vespers against the French in 1282.
During the period of Lent a service of Communion, with elements (bread and wine) reserved from those consecrated on the previous Sunday, is celebrated in connection with the evening service of vespers; it is called the "liturgy of the presanctified" and is attributed to St. Gregory the Great.
The daily cycle includes the offices of Hesperinos (vespers), Apodeipnon (Compline), the midnight prayer, Orthros (matins), and the four canonical "hours"—offices to be said at the "first" (6:00 am), "third" (9 00 am), "sixth" (12 00 noon), and "ninth" (3:00 pm) hours.
The Magnificat is sung each day at evening prayer, or vespers, in religious houses and in those other churches where vespers is celebrated.
Charles's transfer of his capital from Palermo to Naples and his introduction of French officials caused discontent in Sicily, where rebellion broke out in 1282 (see Sicilian Vespers).
Each melody was assigned a specific function in the services of the liturgical year some for the mass and some for the divine offices such as matins, vespers, and compline.
