Messidor

American

[me-see-dawr] / mɛ siˈdɔr /

noun

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

Messidor British

/ mesidɔr /

noun

the month of harvest: the tenth month of the French revolutionary calendar, extending from June 20 to July 19

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Etymology

Origin of Messidor

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

Example Sentences

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

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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.

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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.

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

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

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