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Definition of Eventide
1. Noun. The latter part of the day (the period of decreasing daylight from late afternoon until nightfall). "He enjoyed the evening light across the lake"
Generic synonyms: Day, Daylight, Daytime
Specialized synonyms: Guest Night
Terms within: Sundown, Sunset, Crepuscle, Crepuscule, Dusk, Evenfall, Fall, Gloam, Gloaming, Nightfall, Twilight
Definition of Eventide
1. n. The time of evening; evening.
Definition of Eventide
1. Noun. evening ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Eventide
1. evening [n -S] - See also: evening
Lexicographical Neighbors of Eventide
Literary usage of Eventide
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Poems by Leroy Hibbard White (1914)
"THE CHRISTIAN eventide In a sermon preached in Evanston, Wyoming. ... At eventide!
blest eventide! When cares are o'er and labor done, The shield and helmet ..."
2. Songs of Three Centuries by John Greenleaf Whittier (1890)
"eventide. COMES something down with eventide, Beside the sunset's golden bars,
Beside the floating scents, beside The twinkling shadows of the stars. ..."
3. The New Englander by William Lathrop Kingsley (1878)
"Phelps very justly commends his * At eventide Discourses, by NEHEMIAH ADAMS, DD,
Senior Pastor of Union Church, Boston. Boston: D. Lothrop & Co. pp. ..."
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