ancien regime
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Noun (1)
- a political and social system that no longer governs (especially the system that existed in France before the French Revolution)Type of government, authorities
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Webster's Dictionary (1913)
The ancient régime, Ancien régime
[F.], the former political and social system, as distinguished from the modern; especially, the political and social system existing in France before the Revolution of 1789.
From the entry Regime.
Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913), from GCIDE 0.54