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A self-ruling city within the Holy Roman Empire that had some autonomy and was represented in the Imperial Diet.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: historical
Examples
- A free imperial city held the status of Imperial immediacy, and was thus subordinate only to the Holy Roman Emperor, whereas a territorial city or town (Landstadt) was subordinate to a territorial prince – either an ecclesiastical lord (prince-bishop or prince-abbot) or a secular prince (duke (Herzog), margrave, count (Graf), etc.).
Meaning relationships
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Antonyms: none provided
A calque of German Freie Reichsstadt (short singular form of Freie und Reichsstädte) or Latin urbs imperialis libera.
Across languages
Translations
4 source translations are retained for this English entry.
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Bengali:
আজাদ শাহী শহর
(azad śahi śôhôr)
— self-ruling city within the Holy Roman Empire subordinate only to the emperor
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German:
Freie Reichsstadt
— self-ruling city within the Holy Roman Empire subordinate only to the emperor
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Italian:
città libera dell'Impero
— self-ruling city within the Holy Roman Empire subordinate only to the emperor
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Spanish:
ciudad imperial libre
— self-ruling city within the Holy Roman Empire subordinate only to the emperor
