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Definition of States general
1. Noun. Assembly of the estates of an entire country especially the sovereign body of the Dutch republic from 16th to 18th centuries.
Lexicographical Neighbors of States General
Literary usage of States general
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Cambridge Modern History by John Emerich Edward Dalberg Acton Acton, Ernest Alfred Benians, Sir Adolphus William Ward, George Walter Prothero (1905)
"At the instigation of Oldenbarneveldt the States of Holland and Zeeland determined
to act independently both of the states general and the Council. ..."
2. The English Historical Review by Mandell Creighton, Justin Winsor, Samuel Rawson Gardiner, Reginald Lane Poole, John Goronwy Edwards (1893)
"He entered into a formal treaty with the states-general and received the title
of protector of Belgio liberty ; but the towns of the very province which ..."
3. Modern France, 1789-1895 by André Lebon (1897)
"THE FRENCH REVOLUTION — THE STATES- GENERAL—THE CONSTITUENT ASSEMBLY — THE
LEGISLATIVE ASSEMBLY. (May 5,—December 21,.) THE task before us is not that of ..."
4. The Writings of Thomas Jefferson by Thomas Jefferson, Thomas Jefferson Memorial Association of the United States (1903)
"called for the states general only through fear that the crown could not otherwise
be forced to reinstate them. Their end obtained, they began to foresee ..."
5. The Outline of History: Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind by Herbert George Wells (1920)
"The states general was a body without any tradition of procedure. ... Nor had
the states general any meeting-place. Should it meet in Paris or in some ..."
6. The Works of Tennyson by Alfred Tennyson Tennyson, Hallam Tennyson Tennyson (1908)
"In the Treaty with the states general, France undertook to transfer to them ...
In return for the surrender to the states general for ultimate transfer to ..."
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