sicilian vespers

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sicilian vespers - Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 :

  Sicilian \Si*cil"i*an\, a.
     Of or pertaining to Sicily or its inhabitants.
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     Sicilian vespers, the great massacre of the French in
        Sicily, in the year 1282, on the evening of Easter Monday,
        at the hour of vespers.
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  Vespers \Ves"pers\, n. pl. [OF. vespres, F. v[^e]pres, LL.
     vesperae, fr. L. vespera evening. See Vesper, n.] (R. C.
     Ch.)
     (a) One of the little hours of the Breviary.
     (b) The evening song or service.
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     Sicilian vespers. See under Sicilian, a.
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