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From: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

 Si·cil·i·an a. Of or pertaining to Sicily or its inhabitants.
 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.

From: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

 Ves·pers n. pl.  R. C. Ch. (a) One of the little hours of the Breviary.  (b) The evening song or service.
 Sicilian vespers. See under Sicilian, a.