Prairial
Britishnoun
Etymology
Origin of Prairial
C18: from French prairie meadow
Example Sentences
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What security was possible under the Law of Prairial?
From Critical Miscellanies (Vol. 1 of 3) Essay 1: Robespierre by Morley, John
Two days after, on the 22nd Prairial, Couthon presented a new law to the convention.
From History of the French Revolution from 1789 to 1814 by Mignet, M. (François-Auguste-Marie-Alexis)
What, then, was the policy that inspired the Law of Prairial?
From Critical Miscellanies (Vol. 1 of 3) Essay 1: Robespierre by Morley, John
This strange attempt, savouring so strongly of fanaticism, and which could only be a repetition of the insurrection of Prairial, without its means and its hopes of success, excited the greatest terror.
From History of the French Revolution from 1789 to 1814 by Mignet, M. (François-Auguste-Marie-Alexis)
The insurrections, known as the days of the Twelfth Germinal, First Prairial, and Thirteenth Vendémiaire, all ended in the victory of the Convention over the revolutionary forces of Paris.
From Critical Miscellanies (Vol. 1 of 3) Essay 1: Robespierre by Morley, John
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