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jacobin::noun | Spocien Dictionary
| Type | Words |
|---|---|
| Type of | terrorist |
| Derivation | jacobinic, jacobinical |
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Jacobin leaders had her body autopsied immediately after her death to see if she was a virgin.
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It was given the first jacobin Constitution written in Italy.
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Jacobin revolutionaries had taken over France, closed its churches and threatened to export their reign of terror.
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Jacobin novels were written between 1780 and 1805 by British radicals who supported the ideals of the French revolution.
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Jacobin Club meetings soon became a place for radical and rousing oratory that pushed for republicanism, widespread education, universal suffrage, separation of church and state, and other reforms.
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- A member of the radical movement that instituted the Reign of Terror during the French Revolution
- The jacobins are two species of hummingbirds in the genus Florisuga. It contains the following species: * White-necked Jacobin (Florisuga mellivora) * Black Jacobin (Florisuga fusca)
- The Jacobin Club was the most famous political club of the French Revolution. So called from the Dominican convent where they originally met in the Rue St. Jacques (Latin: Jacobus), Paris. ...
- The Jacobin is a breed of fancy pigeon developed over many years of selective breeding. Jacobins, along with other varieties of domesticated pigeons, are all descendants from the Rock Pigeon (Columba livia). The breed is known for its feathered hood over its head.
- (Jacobins) Radical republicans during the French Revolution. They were led by Maximilien Robespierre from 1793 to 1794. (See also Robespierre, Maximilien.) (p. 588)
- A pigeon of a breed with reversed feathers on the back of its neck like a cowl
- Member of an extremist republican club of the French Revolution founded in Versailles 1789. Helped by Danton's speeches, they proclaimed the French republic, had the King executed, and overthrew the moderate Girondins 1792-1793. ...
