legitimism
- a word derived from legitimist.
Example Sentences
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At her home he met the Duc de Fitz-James and the other leaders of militant legitimism, and little by little he gravitated towards their party.
From Honore de Balzac by Cooper, Frederic Taber
In literature the tendency appears as romanticism, in politics as legitimism, in religion as ultramontanism.
From An Outline of the History of Christian Thought Since Kant by Moore, Edward Caldwell
The most conspicuous among them was Comte Albert de Mun, an eloquent exponent in the Chamber of legitimism and Christian socialism.
From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 10, Slice 7 "Fox, George" to "France" by Various
If in her husband’s room at the bank legitimism was a mere unpopulated principle, in her salon Legitimacy was nothing but persons.
From The Arrow of Gold A Story Between Two Notes by Conrad, Joseph
I have always believed that he was really convinced of his right, and I doubt whether Charles X. was ever more infatuated with his legitimism than he with his.
From The Recollections of Alexis de Tocqueville by Tocqueville, Alexis de
