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pays d'état

pays d'état noun: any of several provinces of pre-Revolutionary France which retained their own local assemblies.

Noun

pays d'état (plural pays d'état)

  1. (historical) Any of several provinces of pre-Revolutionary France which retained their own local assemblies.
    • Brittany was a pays d'état and while the province's elite of ancient Sword nobles controlled the Parlement at Rennes, its provincial estates were dominated by its extensive poor nobility [...].2002, Colin Jones, The Great Nation, Penguin, published 2003, page 272

Forms of pays d'état

pluralpays d'état
alternative formpays d'états

Origin of pays d'état

From French pays d'états.

Questions about pays d'état

What does pays d'état mean?
Pays d'état means any of several provinces of pre-Revolutionary France which retained their own local assemblies.
What part of speech is pays d'état?
Pays d'état is a noun.
What is the plural of pays d'état?
The plural of pays d'état is pays d'état.

Words near pays d'état in the dictionary

  1. pays
  2. pays a visit
  3. pays attention
  4. pays back
  5. pays back in someone's own coin
  6. pays d'état
  7. Pays de la Loire
  8. pays dearly
  9. pays dividends
  10. pays down
  11. pays for itself

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