States-general

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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  States-general \States"-gen"er*al\ (st[=a]ts"j[e^]n"[~e]r*al),
     n.
     1. In France, before the Revolution, the assembly of the
        three orders of the kingdom, namely, the clergy, the
        nobility, and the third estate, or commonalty.
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     2. In the Netherlands, the legislative body, composed of two
        chambers.
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