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ancien regime

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Noun1.ancien regime - a political and social system that no longer governs (especially the system that existed in France before the French Revolution)
authorities, government, regime - the organization that is the governing authority of a political unit; "the government reduced taxes"; "the matter was referred to higher authorities"
France, French Republic - a republic in western Europe; the largest country wholly in Europe


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Moret was in those days an old-fashioned town of one street at the edge of the forest of Fontainebleau, and the Ecu d'Or was a hotel which still had about it the decrepit air of the Ancien Regime.
Of Human Bondage by Maugham, W. Somerset View in context
He was an enthusiast for the ancien regime, and was trying to re-enact literally the family life of the last Bourbons.
The Innocence Of Father Brown by Chesterton, Gilbert K. View in context
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