1. of, relating to, or occurring in the evening
Usage: formal; literary

1. a book containing the psalms, hymns, and prayers for evening worship
Usage: ecclesiastical

Examples

• The vesperal light cast long shadows across the meadow.
• Birds began their vesperal songs as dusk approached.
• The priest consulted his vesperal before beginning evening prayers.
• Vesperal services were held daily at six o’clock.
• The monastery’s ancient vesperal contained centuries-old hymns.
• She enjoyed the vesperal calm that settled over the garden.
• The choir practiced from the worn pages of the vesperal.