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Definition of Stadtholderate
1. n. The office or position of a stadtholder.
Definition of Stadtholderate
1. [n -S]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Stadtholderate
Literary usage of Stadtholderate
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Historical memoirs of my own time by Sir Nathaniel William Wraxall (1904)
"In a period of repose he might have been tolerated; but the stadtholderate, at
every time since its commencement in the person of William the First, ..."
2. Annals of the Reign of King George the Third by John Aikin (1816)
"Prince of Orange assumes the stadtholderate of the United Provinces. 1 HE meeting
of parliament on January 14th, was opened by a speech from the throne ..."
3. Annals of the Reign of King George the Third: From Its Commencement in the by John Aikin (1820)
"... the stadtholderate of the United Provinces. Repeal of the Stamp Act Repeal of
the Cyder Tax. — Bill for 1 HE meeting of parliament on January 14th, ..."
4. Encyclopædia Americana: A Popular Dictionary of Arts, Sciences, Literature by Thomas Gamaliel Bradford (1835)
"In the five remaining provinces—Guelders, Holland, Zealand, Utrecht and
Overyssel—after the death of William II, the stadtholderate ceased. ..."
5. Encyclopaedia Americana: A Popular Dictionary of Arts, Sciences, Literature by Francis Lieber, Thomas Gamaliel Bradford (1832)
"When Leicester resigned the stadtholderate, Maurice was chosen, in 1590, stadtholder
of Guelders, Utrecht and Overyssel . He was succeeded by his brother ..."
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