sectionary
sectionary noun: a member of a French antiroyalist political party that was one of the driving forces of the French Revolution.
Noun
sectionary (plural sectionaries)
- A member of a French antiroyalist political party that was one of the driving forces of the French Revolution.
- The Sectionary must differ with him — he must refuse to go along with him, else he becomes a Ministerial man — he is no longer a Sectionary — he loses his separate existence — he is absorbed in the Treasury body.1835, Sydney Smith, The Edinburgh Review Or Critical Journal
- Every indigent citizen was allowed forty sous a day, to enable him to be present at the sectionary meetings.1856, M. Mignet, History of the French Revolution from 1789 to 1814, →ISBN
- A member or supporter of the sectionary party.
- The sectionaries replied by a very brisk fire of musketry; but Bonaparte, covering them with grape-shot, obliged them to fall back upon the steps of St. Roch; then, debouching in the Rue St. Honore', he directed upon the church itself a band of patriots who were fighting at his side with the...1838, Marie Joseph L. Adolphe Thiers, The history of the French revolution, translated. with notes by F. Shoberl, page 283
- The Sectionary must differ with him — he must refuse to go along with him, else he becomes a Ministerial man — he is no longer a Sectionary — he loses his separate existence — he is absorbed in the Treasury body.1835, Sydney Smith, The Edinburgh Review Or Critical Journal
Adjective
sectionary (not comparable)
- Pertaining to the sectionary party.
- Any explanation for the triumph of the 'federalist' or sectionary movement at Toulon must, therefore, begin by examining the profound isolation of the incumbent Jacobin administration.1991, Malcolm Crook, Toulon in War and Revolution, →ISBN, page 126
Forms of sectionary
| plural | sectionaries |
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Origin of sectionary
From section + -ary, calque of French sectionnaire.
Questions about sectionary
- What does sectionary mean?
- Sectionary means a member of a French antiroyalist political party that was one of the driving forces of the French Revolution.
- What part of speech is sectionary?
- Sectionary can be a noun or an adjective.
- What is the plural of sectionary?
- The plural of sectionary is sectionaries.
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