vespers, evensong
(noun) the sixth of the seven canonical hours of the divine office; early evening; now often made a public service on Sundays
Source: WordNet® 3.1
evensong (plural evensongs)
A religious service, most commonly seen in the Anglican or Episcopal Church, that takes place in the early hours of the evening.
Source: Wiktionary
E"ven*song`, n. Etym: [AS. æfensang.]
Definition: A song for the evening; the evening service or form of worship (in the Church of England including vespers and compline); also, the time of evensong. Wyclif. Milton.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
13 February 2025
(verb) cause the failure or ruin of; “His peccadilloes finally broke his marriage”; “This play will either make or break the playwright”
The earliest credible evidence of coffee-drinking as the modern beverage appeared in modern-day Yemen. In the middle of the 15th century in Sufi shrines where coffee seeds were first roasted and brewed for drinking. The Yemenis procured the coffee beans from the Ethiopian Highlands.
