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Definition of Thermidor
1. Noun. Eleventh month of the Revolutionary calendar (July and August); the month of heat.
Definition of Thermidor
1. n. The eleventh month of the French republican calendar, -- commencing July 19, and ending August 17. See the Note under Vendémiaire.
Definition of Thermidor
1. Proper noun. (historical) The eleventh month of the French Republican Calendar, from July 19 or 20 to August 18 or 19. ¹
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Definition of Thermidor
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Lexicographical Neighbors of Thermidor
Literary usage of Thermidor
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The French Revolution: Crowned by the French Academy Gobert Prize by Louis Madelin (1916)
"The sitting of the 8th thermidor. The evening of the 8th at the Jacobin Club.
The night of the 8th thermidor at the Pavilion de Flore. ..."
2. Critical Miscellanies by John Morley (1898)
"All Paris knew that they were now on the eve of one more of the famous Days; the
revolution of thermidor had begun. The speech of the Eighth thermidor has ..."
3. History of the French Revolution, from 1789 to 1814 by Mignet (François-Auguste-Marie-Alexis) (1873)
"... the 8th of thermidor he demands the renewal of the committees; the motion is
rejected—Sitting of the 9th thermidor; Saint-Just denounces the committees; ..."
4. History of the French Revolution from 1789 to 1814 by Mignet (François-Auguste-Marie-Alexis) (1885)
"... on the Jacobins and the commune—On the 8th of thermidor he demands the renewal
of the committees ; the motion is rejected—Sitting of the 9th thermidor; ..."
5. The Cambridge Modern History by Adolphus William Ward, George Walter Prothero (1904)
"Robespierre's speech on 8 thermidor [1794 intention of either ending or moderating
the Terror ; and the deputies of the Plain were beginning to realise that ..."
6. Critical Miscellanies by John Morley (1908)
"All Paris knew that they were now on the eve of one more of the famous Days; the
revolution of thermidor had begun. The speech of the Eighth thermidor has ..."
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