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à l'ancienne

American  
[a lahn-syen] / a lɑ̃ˈsyɛn /

adjective

French.

  1. in or according to the old-fashioned manner or style.

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Quoique attaché de tout son cœur à l’ancienne religion, il a semblé quelquefois pressentir la nouvelle, et un Chrétien pieux pourrait croire qu’il ne lui manqua pour l’embrasser que de la connaître.’

From The Roman Poets of the Augustan Age: Virgil by Sellar, W. Y.

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