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Of or pertaining to Marseilles, in France, or to its inhabitants. Marseillaise hymn, or The Marseillaise, the national anthem of France, popularly so called. It was composed in 1792, by Rouget de l'Isle, an officer then stationed at Strasburg. In Paris it was sung for the first time by the band of men who came from Mar…

forming double cloth, quilted in the loom; -- so named because first made in Marseilles, France.

member of the Congregation of Saint Maur, an offshoot of the Benedictines, originating in France in the early part of the seventeenth century. The Maurists have been distinguished for their interest in literature.

Of or pertaining to Cardinal Mazarin, prime minister of France, 1643-1661. Mazarine Bible, the first Bible, and perhaps the first complete book, printed with movable metal types; -- printed by Gutenberg at Mentz, 1450-55; -- so called because a copy was found in the Mazarine Library, at Paris, about 1760. -- Mazarine…

e forbidden to acquire landed property and are required to be supported by alms, esp. the Franciscans, the Dominicans, the Carmelites, and the Augustinians.

Of or pertaining to the first Frankish dynasty in Gaul or France. -- n.

A system of farming on halves. [France & Italy]

are (usually one half) of its yield, receiving stock, tools, and seed from the landlord. [France & Italy] Milman.

; volumetric analysis. -- Metric system, a system of weights and measures originating in France, the use of which is required by law in many countries, and permitted in many others, including the United States and England. The principal unit is the meter (see Meter). From this are formed the are, the liter, the stere,…

One whose wealth is counted by millions of francs, dollars, or pounds; a very rich person; a person worth a million or more. [Written also millionnaire.]

One of an austere order of mendicant hermits of friars founded in the 15th century by St. Francis of Paola.

A Minorite; a Franciscan friar.

See Franciscan Nuns, under Franciscan, a.

A Franciscan friar.

A violent and cold northwest wind experienced in the Mediterranean provinces of France, etc.

as lively mocked as ever Still sleep mocked death. Shak. Mocking marriage with a dame of France. Shak.

A name given in contempt to strict Calvinists in Switzerland, France, and some parts of Germany, in the early part of the 19th century.

ard of a national currency, as the dollar in the United States, the pound in England, the franc in France, the mark in Germany.

odity or other material thing to which the monopoly relates; as, tobacco is a monopoly in France. [Colloq.]

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