third estate
Example Sentences
Examples are provided to illustrate real-world usage of words in context. Any opinions expressed do not reflect the views of Dictionary.com.
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 "third estate" was aroused and the States-General was summoned.
From Great Men and Famous Women. Vol. 4 A series of pen and pencil sketches of the lives of more than 200 of the most prominent personages in History by Horne, Charles F. (Charles Francis)
The diet now advanced to the work of framing a constitution; while the representatives of the third estate were, in the meanwhile, admitted to a seat in the assembly.
From The American Quarterly Review No. XVIII, June 1831 (Vol 9) by Various
In 1789 he was elected by the third estate of the s�n�chauss�e of Annonay as deputy to the states-general.
From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 4, Slice 2 "Bohemia" to "Borgia, Francis" by Various
