Sicilian Vespers

American  

noun

1. a general massacre of the French in Sicily by the local population, begun at the sound of the vesper bell on Easter Monday, 1282.

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Sicilian Vespers British  

noun

1. (functioning as singular) a revolt in 1282 against French rule in Sicily, in which the ringing of the vesper bells on Easter Monday served as the signal to massacre and drive out the French

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Sicilian Vespers

The online service debuted on Tuesday with Italian composer Giuseppe Verdi opera' "The Sicilian Vespers", conducted by director Fabio Lusi.

From Reuters ● Feb. 17, 2023

On her first opening night at La Scala, last December, 30-year-old Soprano Callas made a smashing hit in Verdi's Sicilian Vespers.

From Time Magazine Archive

At the age of 28, she opened the Scala season in Sicilian Vespers.

From Time Magazine Archive

—Your correspondent is referred to The War of the Sicilian Vespers, by Amari, translated by the Earl of Ellesmere, published very lately by Murray.

From Notes and Queries, Number 85, June 14, 1851 A Medium of Inter-communication for Literary Men, Artists, Antiquaries, Geneologists, etc. by Various

In the Sicilian Vespers, a word was given as a test of nationality.

From Character Sketches of Romance, Fiction and the Drama A Revised American Edition of the Reader's Handbook, Vol. 3 by Brewer, Ebenezer Cobham