tiers état

How to use tiers état in a sentence

• The tiers etat, of France, were joined by the whole body of inferior clergy with some nobles.

  The Every Day Book of History and Chronology | Joel Munsell

• The towns were admitted to the states general, and the citizens of various regions mixed as representatives of the Tiers Etat.

  Manners, Custom and Dress During the Middle Ages and During the Renaissance Period | Paul Lacroix

• The efforts of the Government to create a rich, intelligent tiers-etat were not attended with much success.

  Russia | Donald Mackenzie Wallace

• What proportion shall the number of deputies of the Tiers etat bear to those of the Nobles and Clergy?

  The Writings of Thomas Jefferson, Vol. I (of 9) | Thomas Jefferson

• From the Tiers-Etat they cannot get it, because they are already squeezed to the last drop.

  Memoir, Correspondence, And Miscellanies, From The Papers Of Thomas Jefferson | Thomas Jefferson