Messidor
Americannoun
noun
Etymology
Origin of Messidor
C19: from French, from Latin messis harvest + Greek dōron gift
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The Concordat concluded by Napoleon with the papacy on the 26th Messidor of the year IX. re-established the Catholic religion in France as the form of worship recognized and endowed by the state.
From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 10, Slice 8 "France" to "Francis Joseph I." by Various
P. S.–The undersigned testifies, by request, that the undersigned has completed his 24th Post-Day in due order on the last day of July, or Messidor.
From Hesperus or Forty-Five Dog-Post-Days Vol. I. A Biography by Jean Paul
A similar resolution providing for the 7th of Messidor, signed by the same parties and five others, is dispatched the same day.
From The French Revolution - Volume 3 by John Durand
On the 12th of Messidor, "a citizen admitted to the bar reads a poem composed by him in honor of the success of our arms on the Sambre."
From The French Revolution - Volume 3 by John Durand
Order of the representative Ferry; Bourges, 23 Messidor, year II.—Ibid.,
From The French Revolution - Volume 3 by John Durand
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