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Former German parliament
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reichstag
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The Collaborative International Dictionary
Word definitions in The Collaborative International Dictionary
Reichstag \Reichs"tag`\ (r?ks"t?g`), n. [G.] [Note: from the 1913 definition] 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 ...
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Word definitions in Wikipedia
The Reichstag (, Diet of the Realm or Imperial Diet ) was the Parliament of Germany from 1871 to 1918. Legislation was shared between the Reichstag and the Bundesrat , which was the Imperial Council of the reigning princes of the German States. The Reichstag ...
Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
Word definitions in Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
"German imperial parliament" (1871-1918), earlier used of the chief deliberative body of the North German Confederacy, 1867, from German Reichstag , from Reich (see Reich ) + Tag "assembly," literally "day" (see day ). The Reichstag Fire was Feb. 27, 1933. ...
Usage examples of reichstag.
In brief, within a few weeks of the major funding of Hitler there was a linked sequence of major events: the financial contribution from prominent bankers and industrialists to the 1933 election, burning of the Reichstag, abrogation of constitutional rights, and subsequent seizure of power by the Nazi Party.
Immigrant hostels in Germany, Austria and Holland were firebombed and two Turks were shot dead in a reciprocal arson attempt on the Reichstag in Berlin.
During the trial of the men charged with burning the Reichstag building, Goring made wild accusations.
Hillary and I walked with the Kohls out of the Reichstag along the line where the Berlin Wall had stood and through the magnificent Brandenburg Gate.
He's somehow triggered a priority interrupt: Annette from Arianespace drops out of marketing zombiehood with a shudder of relief and, duty discharged, reverts to her non corporate identity: "You are he who rubberized the Reichstag, yes?