Sieyès

[ sye-yes ]

noun

1. Em·ma·nu·el Jo·seph [e-m, a, -n, y, -, el, zhaw-, zef], Abbé Sieyès, 1748–1836, French priest and revolutionist.

Sieyès

/ sjejɛs /

noun

1. SieyèsEmmanuel Joseph17481836MFrenchPOLITICS: statesmanPOLITICS: political theoristRELIGION: clergyman 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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Napoleon was heir to the French Revolution, not Abbé Sieyes, a serial writer of constitutions that were never adopted for long.

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Like the Abbe Sieyes, Mr. Paine had completely mastered the science of government, which was in fact extremely simple.

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They took the hint, and divided the spoil; Sieyes taking the lion's share.

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Sieyes was greatly alarmed at the generosity of some of Napoleon's acts.

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It is not to him, but to the Abbe Sieyes, that I address this chapter.

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The Abbé Sieyes was decidedly the most able man of the Executive.

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