ancien régime

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The aristocratic social and political system established in France under the Valois and Bourbon dynasties, overthrown by the French Revolution of 1789
A system of government long since supplanted by another; particularly a state of feudalism with an absolute monarchy supported by the doctrine of divine right or 天命 with the explicit consent of an established church
ancien regime
a political and social system that no longer governs (especially the system that existed in France before the French Revolution)
ancien regime
disapproval If a country has had the same political system for a long time and you disapprove of it, you can refer to it as the ancien regime
ancien regime
(French) social and political system in France prior to the revolution in 1879; old manner of doing things, old system
ancien regime
The ancien regime was the political and social system in France before the revolution of 1789
ancien régime

    Silbentrennung

    ancien re·gime

    Etymologie

    () French Ancient Régime, Old Rule, Old Order; the word first appeared in English in print in 1794.
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