Definition of Second empire

1. Noun. The imperial government of Napoleon III in France from 1852-1870.

Generic synonyms: Empire

Lexicographical Neighbors of Second Empire

Secernentasida
Secernentia
Sechuana
Seckel dwarfism
Seckel syndrome
Seconal
Second Advent
Second Adventism
Second Adventist
Second Coming
Second Coming of Christ
Second Crusade
Second Earl Grey
Second Earl of Chatham
Second Earl of Guilford
Second Empire
Second Epistel of John
Second Epistle of Paul the Apostle to Timothy
Second Epistle of Paul the Apostle to the Corinthi
Second Epistle of Paul the Apostle to the Thessalo
Second Epistle of Peter
Second Epistle to Timothy
Second Epistle to the Corinthians
Second Epistle to the Thessalonians
Second Marquis of Rockingham
Second Reich
Second World
Second World War
Secotiaceae
Secotiales

Literary usage of Second empire

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. The Theory of National and International Bibliography: With Special by Frank Campbell, Walter Hamilton, Charles Dexter Allen (1896)
"THE second empire. Owing to a variety of circumstances Louis Philippe became unpopular, and at length in 1848 there were serious disturbances in Paris. ..."

2. A Manual of Historical Literature: Comprising Brief Descriptions of the Most by Charles Kendall Adams (1888)
"It was begun some years before the fall of ,the second empire, and was completed in 1874. It shows thorough research, careful judgment, and great literary ..."

3. A Manual of Historical Literature: Comprising Brief Descriptions of the Most by Charles Kendall Adams (1882)
"Histoire du second empire. 6 vols., 8vo, Paris, 1875. A masterly work, that has already passed through several editions. It was begun some years before the ..."

4. A History of European and American Sculpture from the Early Christian Period by Chandler Rathfon Post (1921)
"THE INTERVAL BETWEEN THE FIRST AND second empire THE PROGRESSIVES The overthrow of the barriers of neoclassicism and of prescribed esthetic regulations was ..."

5. The Labor Problem and the Social Catholic Movement in France: A Study in the by Parker Thomas Moon (1921)
"For suggestions regarding the political philosophy of the second empire, see HAL Fisher's lectures on Bonapartism (Oxford, 1908), or the more substantial ..."

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