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
The former in his interpretation of history substituted social physics for economic law and politics, and in spite of many idealistic and positivistic uncertainties, he almost discovered the genesis of the third estate.
From Essays on the Materialistic Conception of History by Labriola, Antonio
In the Constituent Assembly its members did not number more than 30 out of the 578 of the third estate.
From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 7, Slice 9 "Dagupan" to "David" by Various
He embraced liberal ideas, and in 1789 was elected deputy to the states-general by the third estate of Vitry-le-Fran�ois.
From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 8, Slice 8 "Dubner" to "Dyeing" by Various
