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Revolutionary calendar
noun
- the calendar of the French First Republic, adopted in 1793 and abandoned in 1805, consisting of 12 months, each of 30 days, and 5 intercalary days added at the end of the year (6 every fourth year). The months, beginning at the autumnal equinox, are Vendémiaire, Brumaire, Frimaire, Nivôse, Pluviôse, Ventôse, Germinal, Floréal, Prairial, Messidor, Thermidor, and Fructidor.
Revolutionary calendar
noun
- the calendar adopted by the French First Republic in 1793 and abandoned in 1805. Dates were calculated from Sept 22, 1792. The months were called Vendémiaire, Brumaire, Frimaire, Nivôse, Pluviôse, Ventôse, Germinal, Floréal, Prairial, Messidor, Thermidor, and Fructidor
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The old revolutionary calendar was restored, March 29th being announced as the eighth of Germinal, year 79.
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Periods of ten days, which, in the revolutionary calendar, superseded the week.
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Two of the organic articles portended the abolition of the revolutionary calendar.
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The crisis came in the fourth week of July: or as the revolutionary calendar then went, in the second week of Thermidor.
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