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Prairial

British

/ prɛrial /

noun

the month of meadows: the ninth month of the French Revolutionary calendar, extending from May 21 to June 19

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Etymology

Origin of Prairial

C18: from French prairie meadow

Example Sentences

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In Germinal and Prairial it underwent regular sieges.

From The Psychology of Revolution by Le Bon, Gustave

There are moments when such a readiness may be leniently judged, but Prairial of 1794 was not one of them either in France or in England.

From Critical Miscellanies (Vol. 1 of 3) Essay 1: Robespierre by Morley, John

Two days later Couthon proposed to the Convention the memorable Law of the Twenty-second Prairial.

From Critical Miscellanies (Vol. 1 of 3) Essay 1: Robespierre by Morley, John

Fait � Paris le quatre Prairial an neuf de la R�publique Fran�aise.

From A Voyage to Terra Australis — Volume 1 by Flinders, Matthew

The blows of the Convention even after the 1st of Prairial, had been mostly aimed at Jacobinism.

From The French Revolution A Short History by Johnston, R. M. (Robert Matteson)

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