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Definition of franc

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Franc (a.) A silver coin of France, and since 1795 the unit of the French monetary system. It has been adopted by Belgium and Swizerland. It is equivalent to about nineteen cents, or ten pence, and is divided into 100 centimes..

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Jacobinical :: "Jacobinical (a.) Of or pertaining to the Jacobins of France; revolutionary; of the nature of, or characterized by, Jacobinism..

Monseigneur :: Monseigneur (n.) My lord; -- a title in France of a person of high birth or rank; as, Monseigneur the Prince, or Monseigneur the Archibishop. It was given, specifically, to the dauphin, before the Revolution of 1789. (Abbrev. Mgr.).

Faluns :: Faluns (n.) A series of strata, of the Middle Tertiary period, of France, abounding in shells, and used by Lyell as the type of his Miocene subdivision..

Fronde :: Fronde (n.) A political party in France, during the minority of Louis XIV., who opposed the government, and made war upon the court party..

Carlist :: Carlist (n.) A partisan of Charles X. of France, or of Don Carlos of Spain..

Frank-chase :: Frank-chase (n.) The liberty or franchise of having a chase; free chase.

Huguenot :: Huguenot (n.) A French Protestant of the period of the religious wars in France in the 16th century.

Tabellion :: Tabellion (n.) A secretary or notary under the Roman empire; also, a similar officer in France during the old monarchy..

Cluniac :: Cluniac (n.) A monk of the reformed branch of the Benedictine Order, founded in 912 at Cluny (or Clugny) in France. -- Also used as a..

Minoress :: Minoress (n.) See Franciscan Nuns, under Franciscan, a..

Canton :: Canton (n.) A small territorial district; esp. one of the twenty-two independent states which form the Swiss federal republic; in France, a subdivision of an arrondissement. See Arrondissement..

Franchisement :: Franchisement (n.) Release; deliverance; freedom.

Frontignan :: Frontignan (n.) A sweet muscadine wine made in Frontignan (Languedoc), France..

Consul :: Consul (n.) One of the three chief magistrates of France from 1799 to 1804, who were called, respectively, first, second, and third consul..

Enfranchisement :: Enfranchisement (n.) Releasing from slavery or custody.

Breton :: Breton (a.) Of or relating to Brittany, or Bretagne, in France..

Cistercian :: Cistercian (n.) A monk of the prolific branch of the Benedictine Order, established in 1098 at Citeaux, in France, by Robert, abbot of Molesme. For two hundred years the Cistercians followed the rule of St. Benedict in all its rigor..

Tertiary :: Tertiary (n.) A member of the Third Order in any monastic system; as, the Franciscan tertiaries; the Dominican tertiaries; the Carmelite tertiaries. See Third Order, under Third..

Monopoly :: Monopoly (n.) The commodity or other material thing to which the monopoly relates; as, tobacco is a monopoly in France..

Effranchise :: Effranchise (v. t.) To enfranchise.