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Messidor

[ me-see-dawr ]

noun

  1. (in the French Revolutionary calendar) the tenth month of the year, extending from June 19 to July 18.


Messidor

/ mesidɔr /

noun

  1. the month of harvest: the tenth month of the French revolutionary calendar, extending from June 20 to July 19
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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Word History and Origins

Origin of Messidor1

C19: from French, from Latin messis harvest + Greek dōron gift
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Example Sentences

Done at Paris, 26th Messidor, year IX. of the French Republic, July 15th, 1801.

The Concordat concluded by Napoleon with the papacy on the 26th Messidor of the year IX. re-established the Catholic religion in France as the form of worship recognized and endowed by the state.

P. S.–The undersigned testifies, by request, that the undersigned has completed his 24th Post-Day in due order on the last day of July, or Messidor.

What profound illusions underlay the assertion that ``France lay fair in Messidor's great sun''!

The first date proposed for the solemnity was the 26th Messidor, Year XII.

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