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Definition of: Sicilian Vespers
(si·sil′ē·ən, -sil′yən)
A general massacre of the French in Sicily (1282) by Sicilians rising against the French rule of Charles of Anjou: so called because the toll that called to Vespers on Easter Monday was the signal for attack.
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