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Ancien regime

noun

A political and social system that no longer governs (especially the system that existed in France before the French Revolution).

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... wait for the roturier if he had not promised me a roti," said the Vicomte de Breze, with a pitiful attempt at the patrician wit of the ancien regime. ...

— The Parisians, Complete • Edward Bulwer-Lytton

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Words linked to "Ancien regime" : government, France, regime, authorities, French Republic