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Significats de the three estates en anglès

A major social class or order of persons regarded collectively as part of the body politic of the country (especially in the United Kingdom) and formerly possessing distinct political rights.

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Ús de the three estates en anglès
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This being touched with the sceptre, the three estates proceeded to elect their representatives.
The History of England in Three Volumes, Vol.II. / Continued fro...
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Not in opinion, Sir John, which is one of the three estates of the government.
The Monikins
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He had quickly assembled the three estates at Paris, all of whom promised the king their aid.
Yolanda: Maid of Burgundy
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This sturdy and wholesome contention among the three estates ended at last in the victory of the kings.
The Life of Napoleon Bonaparte. Vol. 1 (of 4)
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Each estate voted as a unit, and two out of the three estates were sufficient to carry a measure.
A Political and Social History of Modern Europe V.1.
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Thought the sovereign is a constituting branch of Parliament, the word is generally used to denote the three estates named above.
The Gutenberg Webster's Unabridged Dictionary: Section P and Q
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Is it not, that Hastings really was plotting to defeat the new settlement contrary to the intention of the three estates?
Historic Doubts on the Life and Reign of King Richard the Third
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Everywhere, too, we find some attempt at representative assemblies, based on the principle of the three estates, clergy, nobles, and commons.
The Beginnings of New England / Or the Puritan Theocracy in its ...
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Edward's plan was that the three estates-clergy ,barons ,andcommons: those who pray, those who fight, and those who work-shouldbe represented.
The Rise of the Democracy
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These laws were made or altered by the free assent of the three estates in whom the law-making power vested by the Constitution.
Autobiography of Seventy Years, Vol. 1-2
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In August, 1452, a deputation from the three estates of the province waited upon Charles at Bourges, but did not obtain their demands.
A Popular History of France from the Earliest Times, Volume 3
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Their organization had been in three separate bodies, representing by election the three estates of the realm-clergy, nobility, and commoners (Third Estate).
A Political and Social History of Modern Europe V.1.
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When the Whigs obtained power in 1830, they found the three estates of the realm opposed to them, and the Government, therefore, could not proceed.
Sketches
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A full parliament of the three estates sat with the king at Westminster from February 28 to March 21, 1305.
The History of England / From the Accession of Henry III. to the...
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The Queen.-" Imeanthe three estates-theclergy, the nobles, and the cities."
History of the United Netherlands, 1588b
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The Three Estates of clergy, nobles, and commons had existed in France from time immemorial.
The Fighting Governor : A Chronicle of Frontenac