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The Concise Oxford Dictionary of English Etymology
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vesper A. evening star, Hesperus XIV; evening XVII;
B. pl. †public disputations held on the eve of the commencement of a bachelor of arts XVI; pl. sixth of the canonical hours, evensong XVII.
A. — L.
vesper evening star, evening = Gr.
hésperos;
B. — OF.
vespres (mod.
vêpres) — ecclL.
vesperās, acc. pl. of L.
vespera evening, eventide = Gr.
hespérā.
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Vesper to Purchase 2 Million Network Interface Units Through FreeMarkets Auction.
Business Wire; 10/31/2000; 700+ words
; ...Brazil--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Oct. 31, 2000 Vesper Units to Expand Vesper Network will be Acquired through Largest Online Auction for Fixed Wireless Terminals to Date Vesper, a rapidly growing competitive local exchange carrier...
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Vesper and Compline Music for One Principal Voice.(Critical Editions)
Magazine article from: Notes; 9/1/2004; ; 700+ words
; Vesper and Compline Music for One Principal Voice...methods, p. ix-xi; introd. to the Vesper and Compline vols., sources and commentary...Viadana, and Giovanni Battista Vitali. Vesper and Compline Music for Two Principal Voices...
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 "The Post-Standard (Syracuse, NY)")
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VESPER'S HISTORY PARADED BEFORE ETTA MORSE'S BOX CAMERA.(Local)
Newspaper article from: The Post-Standard (Syracuse, NY); 3/18/2007; 700+ words
; ...CASE POST-STANDARD COLUMNIST Little Vesper ... I still remember Lynn Fisher, the...It's a very special place, little Vesper." 'Tis. Just now I'm sitting with...large enclosed porch on the Morse farm in Vesper. Gerry built the home on Grandpa Morse...
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Vesper to Purchase 2 million NIUs -- Network Interface Units -- Through FreeMarkets Auction.
Business Wire; 10/31/2000; 700+ words
; ...Oct. 31, 2000 Units to expand Vesper network will be acquired through largest...auction for fixed wireless terminals to date Vesper, a rapidly growing competitive local...technology, information and services, Vesper will auction a multi-million dollar...
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The Monteverdi Vespers of 1610: Music, Context, Performance.(Review)
Magazine article from: Notes; 3/1/2001; ; 700+ words
; The Monteverdi Vespers of 1610: Music, Context, Performance. By...Kurtzman's new book on Claudio Monteverdi's Vespers of 1610. Kurtzman has devoted much of his career to studying Vespers music in the seicento, and his scholarship...
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 "The Kentucky Post (Covington, KY)")
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SURGEON AL VESPER JR., 98, COMMITTED TO SAVING LIVES.(News)(Obituary)
Newspaper article from: The Kentucky Post (Covington, KY); 8/25/2006; 700+ words
; ...operating rooms of Northern Kentucky, Dr. Al Vesper Jr. was committed to saving lives, serving...according to his friends and family. Dr. Vesper died Thursday morning at Woodcrest Manor...years ago, as a young physician, Dr. Vesper landed on Omaha Beach five days after...
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 "Wisconsin State Journal (Madison, WI)")
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LOST AND FOUND WHEN VESPER T. MOUSE RAN AWAY ON A COLD DAY, HE FOUND SOMETHING TO KEEP HIM WARM.(DAYBREAK)
Newspaper article from: Wisconsin State Journal (Madison, WI); 12/22/2002; ; 700+ words
; Byline: STORY BY GEORGE HESSELBERG Vesper T. Mouse was getting ready to run away...this is just great, just great," said Vesper, talking to himself, as creatures who...house he called home. Being a mouse, Vesper tended to describe things in mouse terms...
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 "Deseret News (Salt Lake City)")
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Vespers draws in faithful to cathedral
Newspaper article from: Deseret News (Salt Lake City); 4/29/2006; ; 700+ words
; ...in downtown Salt Lake City. Cathedral Vespers, she calls it. On the church Web site...up in. And yet, as it turns out, the vespers draws a core of worshippers who are not...of organized religion. Most Cathedral Vespers worshippers actually attend this service...
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QUALCOMM Commits $266 Million for Strategic Investment in Vesper.
Business Wire; 11/14/2001; 700+ words
; ...million of equity financing in support of Vesper, a Brazilian CDMA wireless service provider...investment of $80 million by existing Vesper partner, VeloCom Inc. (a privately...part of a complete re-capitalization of Vesper's balance sheet. QUALCOMM's investment...
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QUALCOMM commits $266 million for strategic investment in Vesper.
M2 Presswire; 11/14/2001; 700+ words
; ...266 million for strategic investment in Vesper (C)1994-2001 M2 COMMUNICATIONS LTD...million of equity financing in support of Vesper, a Brazilian CDMA wireless service provider...investment of $80 million by existing Vesper partner, VeloCom Inc. (a privately...
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vespers
Book article from: The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition
vespers [Lat.,=evening], in the Christian...principal evening office. In the Roman rite, vespers have consisted since the 6th cent. of...Anglican evening prayer, often called vespers, is made up largely of the Roman vespers...
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Vespers
Book article from: The Concise Oxford Dictionary of the Christian Church
Vespers. The evening service of both the E. and...with antiphon , prayers, and a blessing. Vespers, with Lauds , is the most important of...the BCP was partly formed on the model of Vespers, with additions from Compline . In the...
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vesper
Book article from: The Oxford Pocket Dictionary of Current English
ves·per / ˈvespər / • n. evening prayer: [as adj. ] vesper service. See also vespers . ∎ archaic evening. ∎ ( Vesper ) poetic/lit. Venus as the evening star.
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Vespers, the Sicilian
Book article from: The Concise Oxford Dictionary of the Christian Church
Vespers, the Sicilian. See SICILIAN VESPERS, THE .
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Sicilian Vespers
Book article from: The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition
Sicilian Vespers see Sicilian Vespers .
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