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View synonyms for palace revolution

palace revolution

noun

  1. a challenge to or overthrow of a sovereign or other leader by members of the ruling family or group.


palace revolution

noun

  1. a coup d'état made by those already in positions of power, usually with little violence
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012


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Word History and Origins

Origin of palace revolution1

First recorded in 1900–05
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Example Sentences

In another performance, the group turned a police car upside down in the Palace Revolution Square in St. Petersburg (Palace Coup).

Like a flaw of wind on a summer night the revolution, a palace revolution of course, blew and was past.

An administrative assistant had just planned a palace revolution on a system 200 light years away.

Urumush, the next ruler, also achieved successes in Elam and elsewhere, but his life was cut short by a palace revolution.

The truth appears to be that he came to the throne as the leader of a palace revolution at a time of great unrest.

After the palace revolution of 1772, Thott joined the newly-formed ministry.

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