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Definition of Jacobinic
1. Adjective. Of or relating to the Jacobins of the French Revolution. "Jacobinic terrorism"
Definition of Jacobinic
1. a. Of or pertaining to the Jacobins of France; revolutionary; of the nature of, or characterized by, Jacobinism.
Lexicographical Neighbors of Jacobinic
Literary usage of Jacobinic
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Annual Register edited by Edmund Burke (1821)
"Every method, therefore, that jacobinic invention could suggest, or jacobinic
energy employ, was exerted to augment the military force of the country. ..."
2. New English and Italian Pronouncing and Explanatory Dictionary by John Millhouse, Ferdinando Bracciforti (1889)
"Jacobinism , jacobinic principles, popular turbulence Giacobino, «m.
Jacobin (friar.); (French hitt ) Jacobin ( of Hit Revolution of ..."
3. The Writings of Thomas Jefferson by Thomas Jefferson (1904)
"... English and French; jacobinic and Despotic, etc. Meantime I am as ever, your
friend. JOHN ADAMS TO THOMAS JEFFERSON. QUINCY, July, 1813. ..."
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