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of the wall panels of houses in Pompeii, which were decorated during the last age of the Republic.

The ninth month of the French Republican calendar, which dated from September 22, 1792. It began May, 20, and ended June 18. See Vendemiaire.

The chief executive officer of the government in certain republics; as, the president of the United States.

The political party formed, chiefly out of the Republican party, by the adherents of Theodore Roosevelt in the presidential campaign of 1912. The name Progressive party was chosen at the meeting held on Aug. 7, 1912, when the candidates were nominated and the platform adopted. Among the chief articles in the platform…

t from its position in the Chambers, mainly monarchists who rallied to the support of the Republic in obedience to the encyclical put forth by Pope Leo XIII. in Feb., 1892.

An abbreviation for Red Republican. See under Red, a. [Cant]

ragged fellow; -- a name of reproach given in the first French revolution to the extreme republican party, who rejected breeches as an emblem peculiar to the upper classes or aristocracy, and adopted pantaloons.

Extreme republican principles; the principles or practice of the sans-culottes.

A period of seven years; as, the septennate during which the President of the French Republic holds office.

Consisting of seven islands; as, the septinsular republic of the Ionian Isles.

ociable bird, or Sociable weaver (Zoöl.), a weaver bird which builds composite nests. See Republican, n., 3. (b).

A form of government which is not monarchial, as a republic. [Obs.] Well monarchies may own religion's name, But states are atheists in their very fame. Dryden.

in one's support of the organization and candidates of a political party; as, a straight Republican; a straight Democrat; also, containing the names of all the regularly nominated candidates of a party and no others; as, a straight ballot. [Political Cant, U.S.] Straight arch (Arch.), a form of arch in which the intra…

The eleventh month of the French republican calendar, -- commencing July 19, and ending August 17. See the Note under Vendémiaire.

The first month of the French republican calendar, dating from September 22, 1792.

The sixth month of the calendar adopted by the first French republic. It began February 19, and ended March 20. See Vend.

The four-colored flag of the South African Republic, or Transvaal, -- red, white, blue, and green.

nt of any one of several countries colonized by the Dutch, esp. that of the South African Republic, or the Transvaal, and that of the Orange Free State.