Jacobinical
Americanadjective
Example Sentences
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The doors were closed against him, because of his supposed Jacobinical principles—the Benchers of that conservative corporation not wishing to have the doctrines of the Vindici� Gallic� promulgated in their halls.
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Napoleon, surrounded by a Jacobinical ministry, insisted upon war.
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In talking of the French and the present times, their language was what most people would call Jacobinical.
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The volunteers were Jacobinical; but the regulars were jealous of the volunteers, and would obey their general.
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He upheld the organization of the American state during the first eight years of its existence, amid the storms of Jacobinical controversy, and gave it time to consolidate.
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