Estates General

or Estates‑General

noun

, French History.

1. the States-General.

Estates General

noun

1. See States General

Example Sentences

The Estates General were accordingly summoned to meet on May 1, 1789.

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The committee from the Estates General, however, did not wait for this part of the celebration.

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Punctually at that moment a delegation appeared from across the way, from the Estates General.

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In 1439 the Estates General approved a plan devised by the king, for putting an end to this evil.

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The Estates General, after hearing a statement of the case from one of Philip's lawyers, agreed to support their monarch.

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