Feuillant
Britishnoun
Etymology
Origin of Feuillant
from the convent of Notre Dame des Feuillants , where meetings were held
Example Sentences
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He took the following view of the situation: The contest had been between the Feuillant patriots favoring a free constitution with an hereditary executive and the Jacobins who thought that expunging that office was an absolute necessity.
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The King chose his ministry from the Feuillant Club, notoriously counter-revolutionary.
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He was thus led to separate himself from the Jacobins and to join the Feuillant party.
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He could count on the Feuillant majority, on the ministry composed of his partisans, on his popularity with the National Guard.
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When all was accurately combined, and the Swiss troops were on the march to the rendezvous, the king revoked his orders, and on July 10 the Feuillant ministry resigned, and the Girondins saw power once more within their grasp.
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