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podesta

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Wikipedia Word definitions in Wikipedia
Podestá may refer to: Horacio Podestá (1911-1999), Argentine rower Inti Podestá (born 1978), Uruguayan footballer Jerónimo Podestá (1920-2000), Argentine bishop

Wiktionary Word definitions in Wiktionary
n. 1 One of the chief magistrates of the Italian republics in the Middle Ages. 2 A mayor, alderman, or other magistrate, in some towns of Italy.

The Collaborative International Dictionary Word definitions in The Collaborative International Dictionary
Podesta \Po*des"ta\, n. [It. podest[`a], fr. L. potestas power, magistracy. See Potent .] One of the chief magistrates of the Italian republics in the Middle Ages. --Brande & C. A mayor, alderman, or other magistrate, in some towns of Italy.

Usage examples of podesta.

Piazza of the Podestà, accompanied by several of his principal friends.

Piazza of the Podestà, and we can no longer entertain any hope of overcoming our enemies.

Then to Milan they actually sent Rainald and a Palatine count, to name the podestà, because the Milanese could not claim to acknowledge the imperial rights and then elect their consuls on their own.

In the Piazza Maggiore a monk was suspended in a wire cage from the Palazzo del Podestà, having been caught coming out of a house on the Street of the Bordellos.

Messer Simone may be seen in the palace of the Podestà, carved in marble by his orders, according to the custom of those who held that office.

Palace of the Podestà, to make inquiry of each other what of good had been done in the city during the month.

They have seen the now vacant streets thronged with maskers, and the Venetian Podestà going in gorgeous state to and from the vast Palazzo della Ragione.

Guido had excommunicated the podestà, and the latter had issued a prohibition against selling and buying or making any contract with ecclesiastics.

Ottolini, the Podesta of Bergamo, an instrument of tyranny in the hands of the State inquisitors, then harassed the people of Bergamo and Brescia, who, after the reduction of Mantua, wished to be separated from Venice.

She handed one each to the podesta, the commander of the garrison, one of the priests, and the hugest of the Knights.

They forgot that I was a citizen of Venice, and that the podesta could not pass such a sentence upon me without exposing himself to legal proceedings.

A council was held, and the Podesta with the Governor of the city dug up the grave, and found half the shroud absorbed through the mouth and throat into the stomach, and consumed.

To remove the cause of those enmities which had been observed to arise from judicial decisions, they provided two judges from some other state,--one called captain of the people, the other podesta, or provost,--whose duty it was to decide in cases, whether civil or criminal, which occurred among the people.