1. He came from hearing vespers in his chapel, and shut himself early into his private chamber.

2. The boys went to sleep after vespers.

3. A bell that summons worshipers to vespers.

4. A service held on Sundays holythe office of vespers.

5. Roman Catholic Church: vespers of the office for the dead.

6. At Vespers of Pentecost in the Oriental Churches the extraordinary service of genuflexion , accompanied by long poetical prayers and psalms, takes place.

7. Note: The Sicilian Vespers is the name given to a rebellion in Sicily in 1282 against the rule of the Angevin king Charles I of Naples, who had taken control of the island with Papal support in 1266.

8. On Fridays the nuns hear high mass, vespers , and all the offices, as on Sunday.

9. All - Night Vigil , Op. 37, Vespers: Bless the Lord, O my soul.

10. In 1282 a popular uprising known as the Sicilian Vespers ended the subsequent French rule.