2.placebo- (Roman Catholic Church) vespers of the office for the dead vesper- a late afternoon or evening worship service Church of Rome,Roman Catholic Church,Roman Church,Western Church,Roman Catholic- the Christian Church based in the Vatican and presided over by a pope and an episcopal hier...
disasters). Other processionscharacteristicof certain localities, though not regulated so strictly by the church and considered nonliturgical, play an important part in the religious life of the people. In theUnited States, for example, May processions are sometimes conducted in honor of the ...
liturgical music,musicwritten for performance in a religiousriteofworship. The term is most commonly associated with theChristian tradition. Developing from themusicalpractices of the Jewishsynagogues, which allowed thecantoran improvisedcharismaticsong, early Christian services contained a simple refrain, ...