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Sicilian vespers

Sicilian vespers
Sicilian Si*cil"i*an, a. Of or pertaining to Sicily or its inhabitants. [1913 Webster]

{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. [1913 Webster]


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