Example sentences for: vespers

How can you use “vespers” in a sentence? Here are some example sentences to help you improve your vocabulary:

  • The earliest occurrences of the word being used to refer to a religious service are to be found in the epistles of Saint Ambrose and the itinerary of Silvia of Aquitania in the last quarter of the fourth century, when it was applied to matins and vespers; however, in its most eminent sense, mæsse was used to denote the Eucharist.

  • But Palermo rose up against the French in the murderous Sicilian Vespers of 1282, when the locals massacred everyone who spoke Italian with a French accent and forced Charles to move his capital to Naples.

  • Try to be there in late afternoon when a handful of resident monks chant timeless Gregorian vespers.


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