Feuillant

/ French (fœjɑ̃) /

noun

French history a member of a club formed in 1791 by Lafayette advocating a limited constitutional monarchy: forced to disband in 1792 as the revolution became more violent and antimonarchical

Word Origin for Feuillant

from the convent of Notre Dame des Feuillants, where meetings were held

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Examples from the Web for feuillant

But the Assembly was not Feuillant, and the veto began its estrangement from the king.
Lectures on the French Revolution|John Emerich Edward Dalberg-Acton
By fortune and valour, she has extinguished Feuillantism itself, at least the Feuillant Club.
The French Revolution|Thomas Carlyle
He could count on the Feuillant majority, on the ministry composed of his partisans, on his popularity with the National Guard.
Lectures on the French Revolution|John Emerich Edward Dalberg-Acton
The King chose his ministry from the Feuillant Club, notoriously counter-revolutionary.
The Sword of Honor, volumes 1 & 2|Eugne Sue

He was thus led to separate himself from the Jacobins and to join the Feuillant party.
Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 8, Slice 8|Various