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The month of meadows
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prairial
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Prairial was the ninth month in the French Republican Calendar . This month was named after the French word prairie , which means meadow . It was the name given to several ships . Prairial was the third month of the spring quarter ( mois de printemps ). ...
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Prairial \Prai`ri`al"\, n. [F., fr. prairie meadow.] The ninth month of the French Republican calendar, which dated from September 22, 1792. It began May, 20, and ended June 18. See Vendemiaire .
Usage examples of prairial.
He has not to wait long, for the exterminating machine he set up on the 22nd of Prairial, is in their hands, and it has to work as he planned it, namely, by making rapid turns and almost haphazard: the odium of a blind sweeping massacre rests with them.