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Definition of Floreal
1. Noun. Eighth month of the Revolutionary calendar (April and May); the month of flowers.
Definition of Floreal
1. Proper noun. (historical) The eighth month of the w:French Republican Calendar French Republican Calendar, from April 20 or 21 to May 20 or 21. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Lexicographical Neighbors of Floreal
Literary usage of Floreal
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The French Revolution by Louis Madelin (1916)
"CHAPTER XLVI floreal ... of the 22nd floreal, Year VI. Fury of the Jacobins.
The struggle for " virtue." The elections of the Year VII. ..."
2. Memoirs of the History of France During the Reign of Napoleon by Napoleon, Gaspard Gourgaud, Charles Jean Tristan Montholon (1824)
"I am assured to-day that Beaulieu is already evacuating your territory. I am
happy, &c. BONAPARTE. To the same. Head-quarters, Cherasco, 8th floreal, ..."
3. The Cambridge Modern History by John Emerich Edward Dalberg Acton Acton, Adolphus William Ward, George Walter Prothero, Ernest Alfred Benians (1904)
"This second coup d'£tat, known as that of 22 floreal, An VI, passed off for the
moment quite peaceably. Two days later Frangois de Neufchateau, ..."
4. The History of the French Revolution by Adolphe Thiers (1840)
"Such was the fatal battle called the battle of Cassano, on the 9th of floreal (April
28), which reduced the army to about twenty-eight thousand men. ..."
5. Modern France, 1789-1895 by André Lebon (1901)
"... 1892, and the months were re-named according to their respective
seasons (Vendemiaire, Brumaire, Frimaire, Nivose, Pluviose, Ventose, Germinal,
floreal, ..."
6. Robespierre and the Red Terror by Jan ten Brink, J. Hedeman (1899)
"IV MAY TTH, 1796 (18 floreal AN II) THE revolution of 1789 had month by month,
year by year, made important alterations in the use of the public buildings ..."
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