Messidor
Americannoun
noun
Etymology
Origin of Messidor
C19: from French, from Latin messis harvest + Greek dōron gift
Example Sentences
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The National Institute has four public quarterly meetings, on the 15th of the months of Vend�miaire, Niv�se, Germinal, and Messidor.
From Paris as It Was and as It Is by Blagdon, Francis W.
"It is only the dead," said Bar�re, Messidor 16, "who never return."
From The French Revolution - Volume 3 by Durand, John
The "Entr'acte Symphonique" from Bruneau's opera "Messidor" given by the Boston Symphony Orchestra.
From Annals of Music in America A Chronological Record of Significant Musical Events by Lahee, Henry Charles
The company ask pardon for the blots. 21st Messidor.
From Complete Project Gutenberg Collection of Memoirs of Napoleon by Various
Done at Paris, 26th Messidor, year IX. of the French Republic, July 15th, 1801.
From The War Upon Religion Being an Account of the Rise and Progress of Anti-christianism in Europe by Cunningham, Francis A. (Francis Aloysius)
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