Estates General
Americannoun
noun
Example Sentences
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Seeking a mandate from the French people for his policies, Louis XVI convened the Estates General.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 31, 2025
But something is happening in Versailles, where the commoners of the Estates General have broken from the clergy and the nobles, and declared themselves France’s legitimate national assembly.
From New York Times ● Feb. 17, 2022
The Estates General had not met since 1614.
From Textbooks ● Jan. 1, 2020
It is more reminiscent of the Cahiers de Doléances, the list of grievances Louis XVI solicited from his subjects ahead of the assembly of the Estates General in January 1789.
From Salon ● Dec. 15, 2019
The old system of voting by classes in the Estates General.
From An Introduction to the History of Western Europe by Robinson, James Harvey
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