Prairial

/ French (prɛrial) /

the month of meadows: the ninth month of the French Revolutionary calendar, extending from May 21 to June 19

Word Origin for Prairial

C18: from French prairie meadow

The law of Prairial was certainly much worse than Lettres de Cachet.

Freedom Through Disobedience |C. R. (Chittaranjan) Das
We think that the author of the Law of Prairial was a bad man.

Critical Miscellanies (Vol. 1 of 3) |John Morley
But on Prairial 20, the world is in holiday clothes in the Jardin National.

The World's Greatest Books, Vol XII. |Arthur Mee
For the decree of Prairial suppressed the formalities of law in political trials.

Lectures on the French Revolution |John Emerich Edward Dalberg-Acton

Yet the Directory of Prairial was not devoid of a spasmodic energy, which served to throw back the invaders of France.

The Life of Napoleon I (Volumes, 1 and 2) |John Holland Rose