Meaning of Ancien Régime | Babel Free

Definitions

1. The aristocratic social and political system established in France under the Valois and Bourbon dynasties, overthrown by the French Revolution of 1789.
   historical
2. 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 with the explicit consent of an established church.
   derogatory
3. Any other political system overthrown in the wake of the French Revolution.
   broadly, historical

Equivalents

Examples

“the Ancien Régime of Switzerland (1648–1798)”

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