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Reichstag
CIDE DICTIONARY
Reichstag, n. [G.].
- The Diet, or House of Representatives, of the German empire (and of the Weimar Republic), which was composed of members elected for a term of three years by the direct vote of the people. This term is no longer (in 1997) applied to the German parliament. See also Bundesrath. [1913 Webster]
- The national representative body of Hungary, consisting of a House of Magnates (including archdukes, peers, high officials of the Roman Catholic, Greek, and Protestant Churches, and certain other dignitaries) and a House of Representatives (in 1912 consisting of 453 members). See Legislative, Diet. [Webster 1913 Suppl.]
OXFORD DICTIONARY
Reichstag, n. hist.
1 the main legislature of the German State under the Second and Third Reichs.
2 the building in which this met.
1 the main legislature of the German State under the Second and Third Reichs.
2 the building in which this met.
Etymology
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