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Constituent Assembly

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noun

French History.
  1. the legislature of France 1789–91.


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Time magazine reported that Indian leaders had gathered in the Constituent Assembly Hall an hour before midnight.

From BBC • Nov. 5, 2025

His mother, Ariadna Chernova, was the daughter of Viktor Chernov, a socialist revolutionary who fleetingly served as president of Russia's Constituent Assembly in 1918, before it was dispersed by the Bolsheviks.

From Reuters • Jul. 26, 2023

In 1978, Mr. García was elected to the Constituent Assembly, which devised a new constitution that paved the way for the country’s return to democratic elections after 12 years of military rule.

From Washington Post • Apr. 17, 2019

This history helped it to win decisive influence in the Constituent Assembly, which also served as Tunisia’s interim legislature.

From The New Yorker • Nov. 1, 2014

He was 818 thought about as a coarser version of the great tribune of the Constituent Assembly; he was called the Mirabeau of the sansculottes, and Mirabeau of the markets.

From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 7, Slice 9 "Dagupan" to "David" by Various