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‖ ancien régime|ɑ̃siæ̃ reʒim|
[Fr., lit. ‘old rule’.]
See régime 2 b.
1794Morris in Amer. State Papers (1832) For. Relat. I. 404 If once that terror were, by superior force, to receive a counter direction, the Ancien Régime or any other régime, would, I think, be submitted to without the slightest struggle. 1839F. A. Kemble Jrnl. of Residence Georgia Plant. (1863) 82 Two little filthy children, however, seemed to be still under the ancien régime of non-ablution. 1856C. M. Yonge Daisy Chain II. xviii. 539 An old French Marquis..a dear old man, quite of the ancien régime. 1864Mrs. Gaskell French Life i, in Fraser's Mag. Apr. 436/2 She received the homage of the ladies and gentlemen of the ancien régime. 1944A. L. Rowse Eng. Spirit ii. 25 The oldest and greatest monarchy in Europe, the French ancien régime. 1961Guardian 7 Mar. 7/6 The ancien (pre-Nasser) régime Egyptian politicians. |