Might mean (unverified): Old French political system pre-revolution.
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  1. ancien régime: Merriam-Webster
  2. ancien régime: Wiktionary

Definitions from Wiktionary (Ancien régime)

noun:  (historical) The aristocratic social and political system established in France under the Valois and Bourbon dynasties, overthrown by the French Revolution of 1789.
noun:  (derogatory, politics) A system of government long since supplanted by another, particularly a state of feudalism with an absolute monarchy supported by the doctrine of divine right with the explicit consent of an established church.

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