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dogmatistnounA stubborn, assertive, opinionated person.
informativeProviding information; especially, providing useful or interesting information.
instructivenoun(linguistics) A case in the Finnish and Estonian languages. It expresses the means or the instrument used to perform an action.
legitimistsroyalists who adhere to the rights of dynastic succession to the French crown of the descendants of the eldest branch of the Bourbon dynasty, which was overthrown in the 1830 July Revolution.
ultraroyalistnounA person or group that favours monarchy and opposes liberal, republican, and democrat ideas; a person or group that has extremely royalist views.
monarchism in francethe advocacy of restoring the monarchy (mostly constitutional monarchy) in France, which was abolished after the 1870 defeat by Prussia, arguably before that in 1848 with the establishment of the French Second Republic.
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gallicanismnoun(historical, chiefly Roman Catholicism) The doctrine that the church of France is autonomous, especially in relation to the pope; also, the intellectual movement in support of this doctrine and the policies expressing it.
french nobilityan aristocratic social class in France from the Middle Ages until its abolition on 23 June 1790 during the French Revolution.
ancien régimenoun(historical) The aristocratic social and political system established in France under the Valois and Bourbon dynasties, overthrown by the French Revolution of 1789.
huguenotsa religious group of French Protestants who held to the Reformed (Calvinist) tradition of Protestantism.
jacobitismnoun(historical) The political movement dedicated to the restoration of the Stuart kings to the thrones of England, Scotland, later the Kingdom of Great Britain, and the Kingdom of Ireland.
girondinsThe Girondins, or Girondists, were a political group during the French Revolution.
bourbon reformsThe Bourbon Reforms consisted of political and economic changes promulgated by the Spanish Crown under various kings of the House of Bourbon, mainly in the 18th century.
restorationnounThe process of bringing an object back to its original state; the process of restoring something.
levellersnoun(England, historical) A political movement active during the English Civil War and who were committed to popular sovereignty, extended suffrage, equality before the law and religious tolerance.
expulsion of the loyalistsDuring the American Revolution, those who continued to support King George III of Great Britain came to be known as Loyalists.
covenantersmembers of a 17th-century Scottish religious and political movement, who supported a Presbyterian Church of Scotland and the primacy of its leaders in religious affairs.
nobles of the robeUnder the Ancien Régime of France, the Nobles of the Robe or Nobles of the Gown were French aristocrats whose rank came from holding certain judicial or administrative posts.
enlightened absolutismnoun(politics, philosophy) The policies of an absolute monarch who is influenced by the ideals of the Enlightenment.

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