Definition of Pluviose

1. Noun. Fifth month of the Revolutionary calendar (January and February); the rainy month.

Group relationships: Revolutionary Calendar
Generic synonyms: Revolutionary Calendar Month

Definition of Pluviose

1. Proper noun. (historical) The fifth month of the French Republican Calendar, from late January to late February. ¹

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Definition of Pluviose

1. pluvious [adj] - See also: pluvious

Lexicographical Neighbors of Pluviose

Plutarch
Plutarchian
Plutarchs
Pluteaceae
Pluteus aurantiorugosus
Pluteus cervinus
Pluteus magnus
Pluto
Plutonian
Plutonians
Plutophile
Pluvialis
Pluvianus
Pluvianus aegyptius
Pluviose
Pluviôse
Plymouth
Plymouth Colony
Plymouth Rock
Plzen
Pneumocystis carinii
Pneumonyssus simicola
Pneumovax
Pnom Penh
Pnyx
Po
Po River
Po valley
Poa nemoralis
Poa pratensis

Literary usage of Pluviose

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. A History of Continental Criminal Procedure, with Special Reference to France by Adhémar Esmein, René Garraud, Carl Joseph Anton Mittermaier (1913)
"Law of 7th pluviose, Year IX. The Magistrates of Detective Police. Reconstitution of the Public Prosecutor. Changes in the Examination. § 2. ..."

2. Memoirs of the History of France During the Reign of Napoleon by Napoleon, Gaspard Gourgaud, Charles Jean Tristan Montholon (1823)
"PROCLAMATION OF THE CONSTITUTION. 18 pluviose, year VIII. THE Consuls of the Republic, conformably to Article V. of the law of the ..."

3. Encyclopædia Americana: A Popular Dictionary of Arts, Sciences, Literature edited by Francis Lieber, Edward Wigglesworth, Thomas Gamaliel Bradford, Henry Vethake (1851)
"... a handsome building of the Gothic order; Charles's church is also a Gothic structure. Among the charitable pluviose. (See Calendar, vol. ii, p. 403. ..."

4. The Modern Régime by Hippolyte Taine (1890)
"pluviose 7, year iv.) "The Catholic religion has full sway ; those who do not ... At the same date (pluviose 9, year iv), the commissioner at Chamarande ..."

5. The Modern Régime by Hippolyte Taine (1890)
"pluviose 8, year iv.) " Forty- nine out of fifty citizens seem to have the ... At the same date (pluviose 9, year iv), the commissioner at Chamarande ..."

6. A History of Continental Criminal Procedure, with Special Reference to France by Adhémar Esmein, René Garraud, Carl Joseph Anton Mittermaier (1913)
"Law of 7th pluviose, Year IX. The Magistrates of Detective Police. Reconstitution of the Public Prosecutor. Changes in the Examination. § 2. ..."

7. Memoirs of the History of France During the Reign of Napoleon by Napoleon, Gaspard Gourgaud, Charles Jean Tristan Montholon (1823)
"PROCLAMATION OF THE CONSTITUTION. 18 pluviose, year VIII. THE Consuls of the Republic, conformably to Article V. of the law of the ..."

8. Encyclopædia Americana: A Popular Dictionary of Arts, Sciences, Literature edited by Francis Lieber, Edward Wigglesworth, Thomas Gamaliel Bradford, Henry Vethake (1851)
"... a handsome building of the Gothic order; Charles's church is also a Gothic structure. Among the charitable pluviose. (See Calendar, vol. ii, p. 403. ..."

9. The Modern Régime by Hippolyte Taine (1890)
"pluviose 7, year iv.) "The Catholic religion has full sway ; those who do not ... At the same date (pluviose 9, year iv), the commissioner at Chamarande ..."

10. The Modern Régime by Hippolyte Taine (1890)
"pluviose 8, year iv.) " Forty- nine out of fifty citizens seem to have the ... At the same date (pluviose 9, year iv), the commissioner at Chamarande ..."

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