Sieyès

American  

[sye-yes] / syɛˈyɛs /

noun

1. Emmanuel Joseph Abbé Sieyès, 1748–1836, French priest and revolutionist.

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Sieyès British  

/ sjejɛs /

noun

1. Emmanuel Joseph (ɛmanɥɛl ʒozɛf), called Abbé Sieyès. 1748–1836, French statesman, political theorist, and churchman, who became prominent during the Revolution following the publication of his pamphlet Qu'est-ce que le tiers état? (1789). He was instrumental in bringing Napoleon I to power (1799)

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Example Sentences

In a dramatic speech, Sieyès suggested that the Third Estate delegates name themselves the National Assembly and pass laws and reforms in the name of the French people.

From Textbooks • Jan. 1, 2012

What I have just said will give you a more favourable view of Sieyès than you may find in books.

From Lectures on the French Revolution by Figgis, John Neville

Sieyès added, with his customary coolness: "You are to-day in the same situation that you were yesterday; let us deliberate!"

From The Great Events by Famous Historians, Volume 14 by Various

The Assembly, submitting to the geometrical reasoning of Sieyès and to the surprise of the Tennis Court, had frightened him into an alliance with the nobles, and he linked his cause to theirs.

From Lectures on the French Revolution by Figgis, John Neville

He says of the fourth estate what Sieyès said of the third, What is the fourth estate?

From Contemporary Socialism by Rae, John