third estate
Example Sentences
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And now the fencing has come to the Supreme Court, to the third estate.
From Washington Post • May 10, 2022
The term had a special resonance with his Francophone audience because it recalled the third estate, “tiers-état,” of the French Revolution.
From Time • Aug. 26, 2015
The former in his interpretation of history substituted social physics for economic law and politics, and in spite of many idealistic and positivistic uncertainties, he almost discovered the genesis of the third estate.
From Essays on the Materialistic Conception of History by Labriola, Antonio
A great part of the third estate lived in the country and tilled the soil.
From An Introduction to the History of Western Europe by Robinson, James Harvey
In this process he completed the work of the Revolution by exalting the third estate to ascendancy in the nation.
From The Life of Napoleon Bonaparte Vol. IV. (of IV.) by Sloane, William Milligan
