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Rigsdag

[ rigz-dahg ]

noun

  1. the former parliament of Denmark, consisting of an upper house and a lower house: replaced in 1953 by the unicameral Folketing.


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Word History and Origins

Origin of Rigsdag1

< Danish, equivalent to rigs, genitive of rig kingdom + dag diet, assembly. Reichstag
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Example Sentences

Footnote 790: One original text of this pledge must be preserved in the archives of the crown, another in those of the Rigsdag.

A candidate for either house of the Rigsdag must have passed the age of twenty-five.

As a spiritual estate, indeed, it had ceased to exist at the Reformation, though still represented in the Rigsdag or diet.

When therefore the Rigsdag rejected the budget, he advised the king to issue another provisional financial decree.

The Rigsdag assembled again at the usual time, the first Monday in October.

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