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Politics : THE JOHN KERRY ADORATION SOCIETY

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To: PROLIFE who wrote (112)4/4/2003 12:35:11 PM
From: Tadsamillionaire  Read Replies (1) of 248
 
A few Definitions of the word REGIME. MR. Kerry called for a NEW CONSTITUTION, and a NEW Government!2 entries found for regime.
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Main Entry: re·gime
Variant(s): also ré·gime /rA-'zhEm, ri- also ri-'jEm/
Function: noun
Etymology: French régime, from Latin regimin-, regimen
Date: 1776
1 a : REGIMEN 1 b : a regular pattern of occurrence or action (as of seasonal rainfall) c : the characteristic behavior or orderly procedure of a natural phenomenon or process
2 a : mode of rule or management b : a form of government <a socialist regime> c : a government in power <predicted that the new regime would fall> d : a period of rule
a vote by the people of an entire country or district to decide on some issue, such as choice of a ruler or government, option for independence or annexation by another power, or a question of national policy.

In a plebiscite, voters are asked not to choose between alternate regimes or proposals but to confirm or reject the legitimacy of a certain form of government or…

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Under the regime, everyone was a subject of the king of France as well as a member of an estate and province. All rights and status flowed from the social institutions, divided into three orders: clergy, nobility, and others (the Third Estate). France was not truly a unit of government and there was no national citizenship.
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