e/Cidevant

Information
has gloss	eng: Ci-devant nobility (from the French, meaning "from before") were the French nobility of the ancien régime (the Bourbon monarchy) after it had lost its titles and privileges in the French Revolution; it may be compared to the English language term late, as it expresses the (figurative) death of the nobility. Even prior to the revolution, the term ci-devant was already a common expression to refer to "people or things dispossessed of their estate or quality."
lexicalization	eng: Ci devant
lexicalization	eng: ci-devant
lexicalization	eng: Cidevant
instance of	c/Groups of the French Revolution

Meaning
French
has gloss	fra: Ci-devant signifie avant, auparavant. Cette expression, attestée bien avant la période révolutionnaire, a cependant pris un sens nouveau à cette époque.
lexicalization	fra: ci-devant
Letzeburgesch
has gloss	ltz: D'Ci-devants ware fréier Adeleger a Frankräich no der Ofschafung vun de Privilegien. Am 17. an am 18. Joerhonnert gouf de Begrëff och scho benotzt, fir Leit ze designéieren, déi hire Besëtz verluer haten1.
lexicalization	ltz: Ci-devant

Media
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