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Originally appearing in Volume V01, Page 950 of the 1911 Encyclopedia Britannica.

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THE ANCIEN REGIME , a

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French phrase commonly used, even by

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ENGLISH

English writers, to denote the social and

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POLITICAL

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SYSTEM

system established in

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France under the old

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MONARCHY (Fr. monarchic, from Lat. monarchia, Gr. uovapXia, rule of one, µbvos, alone, apXi7, rule)

monarchy, which was swept away by the Revolution of 1789 . The phrase is generally applicable only to France, for in no other

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COUNTRY (from the Mid. Eng. contre or contrie, and O. Fr. cuntree; Late Lat. contrata, showing the derivation from contra, opposite, over against, thus the tract of land which fronts the sight, cf. Ger. Gegend, neighbourhood)

country, with perhaps the exception of

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JAPAN

Japan, has there been in

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MODERN

modern times so clearly marked a

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DIVISION (from Lat. dividere, to break up into parts, separate)

division between "the old

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order" and the new .

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