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Definition of Vicissitudes

Vicissitude
Vicissitude Vi*cis"si*tude, n. [L. vicissitudo, fr. vicis change, turn: cf. F. vicissitude. See Vicarious.] 1. Regular change or succession from one thing to another; alternation; mutual succession; interchange. God made two great lights . . . To illuminate the earth and rule the day In their vicissitude, and rule the night. --Milton. 2. Irregular change; revolution; mutation. This man had, after many vicissitudes of fortune, sunk at last into abject and hopeless poverty. --Macaulay.

Meaning of Vicissitudes from wikipedia

- Vicissitudes is an album by pianist Barry Harris recorded in 1972 and released on the German MPS label. All compositions by Barry Harris except as indicated...
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