Sicilian Vespers

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noun

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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Words nearby Sicilian Vespers

sicht, Sichuan, Sicilia, Sicilian, siciliano, Sicilian Vespers, Sicilies, Two, Sicily, sick, sick and tired, sick as a dog

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How to use Sicilian Vespers in a sentence

Sicilian seaports that will facilitate the shipment have already stepped up security measures, especially on incoming vessels.
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Benedetto Ceraulo, the Sicilian hitman, was given a life sentence.
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Beneath the Sicilian streets are rooms filled with monks, lawyers, babies, and virgins.
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He heard about the Sicilian project and returned to the island.
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He fled Syria last year and landed on Lampedusa, off the Sicilian coast, last summer.
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I attended at vespers, and have seldom been more gratified with the music of the evening service.
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He published several works on Chinese literature, and detected the historical fraud of Vella, a Sicilian monk.
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The cries were heard even inside the Churches, where pious folks were singing Vespers.
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Another leader, Cleon, a Sicilian slave, captured the important city of Agrigentum.
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British Dictionary definitions for Sicilian Vespers

Sicilian Vespers

noun

(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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