ancien regime

English Thesaurus

1. a political and social system that no longer governs (especially the system that existed in France before the French Revolution) (noun.group)

hypernym	:	authorities, government, regime,
definition	:	the organization that is the governing authority of a political unit (noun.group)

domain region	:	france, french republic,
definition	:	a republic in western Europe; the largest country wholly in Europe (noun.location)