| 词汇 | sicilian vespers |
| 词源 | Sicilian vespers. In 1282, the Sicilians massacred their French oppressors throughout the country, the signal to begin the massacres in each city being the bell for evening church services, or vespers. Within a few days Sicilian wits were calling the massacres the Sicilian Vespers. |
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