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| Literature | 1: The club of the Feuillants, in the French Revolution, composed of moderate Jacobins. So called because the convent of the Feuillants, near the Tuileries, was their original club-room (1791-2). 2: Feuillants A reformed Cistercian order instituted by Jean de la Barrire in 1586. So called from the convent of Feuillans, in Languedoc, where they were established in 1577. Source: Brewer's Dictionary. | ||
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