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Meaning of pays d'état | Babel Free

Noun CEFR B2

Definitions

Any of several provinces of pre-Revolutionary France which retained their own local assemblies.

historical

Examples

“Brittany was a pays d'état and while the province's elite of ancient Sword nobles controlled the Parlement at Rennes, its provincial estates were dominated by its extensive poor nobility [...].”

CEFR level

B2

Upper Intermediate
This word is part of the CEFR B2 vocabulary — upper intermediate level.

See also

Pays de la Loire paysa paysage paysagist Paysandú payscale