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.

Word History and Origins

Origin of Rigsdag¹

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

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.

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

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

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

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

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