Dragonnade

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Noun

1
A policy by Louis XIV to intimidate Huguenots to reconvert to Roman Catholicism. historical
2
The abandonment of a place to the violence of soldiers.

Etymology

Borrowed from French dragonnade, from dragon (“dragoon”) + -ade.

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roman catholicism

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