Third Republic
Americannoun
noun
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the governmental system established after the fall of Napoleon III in the Franco-Prussian War and lasting until the German occupation of 1940
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the period during which this governmental system functioned (1870–1940)
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Only in 1885 did the Third Republic seal the deal when it orchestrated the burial of Victor Hugo and laid his massive remains in the building’s crypt.
From Slate ● Jan. 18, 2022
France's Third Republic was bedding in, having seen off a final challenge from the monarchists, and across the country reforms were being introduced that limited the powers of the church.
From BBC ● Jun. 2, 2018
The Assembly, led by the aging statesman Adolphe Thiers—a politician under the Second Republic, who had been don’t-poke-the-bear wise about the war with the Germans before it started—soon declared itself the Third Republic.
From The New Yorker ● Dec. 15, 2014
“Everyone sees that the phase of the Second Republic is finishing, and we don’t yet know what the Third Republic will be.”
From New York Times ● Oct. 18, 2012
The constitution of the Third Republic was voted by the National Assembly on the 25th of February 1875.
From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 10, Slice 8 "France" to "Francis Joseph I." by Various
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