third estate
Example Sentences
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And now the fencing has come to the Supreme Court, to the third estate.
From Washington Post • May 10, 2022
The term had a special resonance with his Francophone audience because it recalled the third estate, “tiers-état,” of the French Revolution.
From Time • Aug. 26, 2015
A great part of the third estate lived in the country and tilled the soil.
From An Introduction to the History of Western Europe by Robinson, James Harvey
The third estate refused to obey, and by the mouth of Bailly and Mirabeau asserted the legitimacy of the Revolution.
From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 10, Slice 7 "Fox, George" to "France" by Various
Having kept his second estate, and filled the measure of his responsibilities in the flesh, he passes the veil of death, and enters a third estate, or probationary sphere.
From Key to the Science of Theology by Pratt, Parley P.
