1. an evening prayer service in the Anglican Church
Usage: religious
2. evening; the time of evening
Usage: archaic; poetic

Examples

• The choir practiced for Sunday’s evensong service.
• We attended evensong at the cathedral.
• The bells rang to announce evensong.
• Evensong begins at six o’clock sharp.
• The poet wrote of birds singing at evensong.
• In the quiet evensong, shadows grew long.
• The village church holds evensong every evening.