Dictionary of Phrase and Fable—C

Constituent Assembly

The first of the national assemblies of the French Revolution; so called because it took an oath never to separate till it had given to France a constitution. (1788-1791.)

Source: Dictionary of Phrase and Fable, E. Cobham Brewer, 1894
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