eventide Chiefly arch.
(ˈiːv(ə)ntaɪd)
[OE. ǽfen-t{iacu}d, f. ǽfen, even n. + t{iacu}d time, tide.]
a. The time of evening; evening. Also fig.
| [c 950 Lindisf. Gosp., Mark xi. 11 Miððy ᵹee efrn wæs tid ᵹefoerde on Bethania mið tuoelfum.] a 1000 tr. Greg. Dial. i. x. (Bosw.), Seo æfen-tid ðæs dæᵹes. a 1225 Ancr. R. 404 Iðen ende of al his liue, þet was ase iðen euentid. 1388 Wyclif Gen. i. 8. c 1430 tr. T. à Kempis' Imit. i. xix, In þe eventide discusse þe maner, what þou hast ben þis day in worde, worke, & þouȝt. 1578 Chr. Prayers in Priv. Prayers (1851) 447 This life hath not one hour certain, whensoever the eventide thereof cometh. 1611 Bible Gen. xxiv. 63. 1780 Cowper Nighting. & Gloww., Nor yet at eve his note suspended, Nor yet when eventide was ended. 1851 Longfellow Gold. Leg. vi. Castle Vautsberg, Those same soft bells at eventide Rang in the ears of Charlemagne. |
| attrib. 1382 Wyclif Ps. cxl. 2 Euentid sacrifise. |
b. eventide home, a home for elderly persons (
orig. one maintained by the Salvation Army).
| 1918 H. Barnett Canon Barnett II. l. 317 An eventide⁓home for those who are near the end of their pilgrimage. 1959 J. Fleming Miss Bones viii. 95 She was in touch with dozens of good causes, eventide homes, hostels for distressed gentlewomen. 1962 ― When I grow Rich x. 120 It looks like an Eventide Home for old liners. |