Sentence:  Even Monseigneur Bienvenu then had his hour of <WSD>party spirit</WSD>, his hour of bitterness, his clouds. [...] [I]t would have been well if Monseigneur Bienvenu had not been a royalist, [...] 
Meaning of the word marked with <WSD> tags:  The feeling of common purpose and togetherness experienced or shown by members or supporters of a group, especially a political party, sometimes accompanied by unreasonable animosity towards members or supporters of other groups.