Floréal
Americannoun
noun
Etymology
Origin of Floréal
1795–1805; < French < Latin flōre ( us ) of flowers ( flōr-, stem of flōs flower + -eus adj. suffix) + French -al -al 1
Example Sentences
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In the midst of these military disasters and the discontent of parties, the elections of Floréal in the year VII.
From History of the French Revolution from 1789 to 1814 by M. (François-Auguste-Marie-Alexis) Mignet
At the Jacobins and in the convention his preservation was attributed to the good genius of the republic, and to the Supreme Being, whose existence he had decreed on the 18th Floréal.
From History of the French Revolution from 1789 to 1814 by M. (François-Auguste-Marie-Alexis) Mignet
Citizens," he said, "the 26th of Floréal will be memorable in our history.
From The Insurrection in Paris by Davy (An Englishman)
Against the positive testimony of the six witnesses who asserted him to have been at Mongeron and Lieursaint on the 8th Floréal, he had brought a mass of testimony to prove an alibi.
From Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine — Volume 53, No. 327, January, 1843 by Various
The constitution of the year III. has ceased to exist; you violated it on the 18th Fructidor; you violated it on the 22nd Floréal; you violated it on the 30th Prairial.
From History of the French Revolution from 1789 to 1814 by M. (François-Auguste-Marie-Alexis) Mignet
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