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Landtag

[ German lahnt-tahkh ]

noun

, History/Historical.
  1. the legislature of certain states in Germany.


Landtag

/ ˈlɑːntˌtɑːk /

noun

  1. the legislative assembly of each state in present-day Germany and Austria
  2. the estates of principalities in medieval and modern Germany
  3. the assembly of numerous states in 19th-century Germany
“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 Landtag1

< German: literally, land parliament. See day, diet 2
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Word History and Origins

Origin of Landtag1

C16: German: land assembly
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Example Sentences

The project was again laid by the government before the Prussian Landtag on the 14th of April 1901 and was again rejected.

They are the controlling influence in the Landtag, which is a representative assembly only in name.

In Voralberg the unmarried women taxpayers were also given the right to vote in elections of the Landtag.

The suffrage conditions for the Bohemian Landtag (provincial legislature) are different.

The Galician woman taxpayer votes in municipal affairs; the women owners of large estates vote for members of the Landtag.

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