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JACOBIN CLUB

\d͡ʒˈakəbˌɪn klˈʌb], \d‍ʒˈakəbˌɪn klˈʌb], \dʒ_ˈa_k_ə_b_ˌɪ_n k_l_ˈʌ_b]\

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1895 - Glossary of terms and phrases

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(Fr. Hist. ) A society of prominent members of the First Assembly; so styled as holding their meetings in a suppressed Jacobin monastery. Hence the word Jacobin came to be synonymous with revolutionary.

1895 - Glossary of terms and phrases
By Henry Percy Smith

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