The 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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The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
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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