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Concise Oxford English Dictionary © 2008 Oxford University Press:
ancien régime /ˌɒ̃sɪã reɪˈʒiːm/

▶noun (pl. anciens régimes pronunc. same) a political or social system that has been displaced by a more modern one.

■ (the Ancien Régime) the political and social system in France before the Revolution of 1789.

– origin Fr., lit. ‘old rule’.

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