Reichskammergericht
English
Etymology
From German Reichskammergericht (“imperial chamber court”).
Proper noun
Reichskammergericht
- (historical) The imperial appellate court of the Holy Roman Empire, one of the two highest judicial authorities of the empire.
- 1995, Karel Davids, Jan Lucassen (eds.), A Miracle Mirrored, p. 141:
- The members of the Reichskammergericht were nominated both by the Estates and the emperor.
- 2008, Harald Kleinschmidt, Ruling the Waves, p. 245:
- Likewise, it took a while before the Imperial Court of Law, the Reichskammergericht, established its permanent headquarters in the German city of Wetzlar in 1693.
- 2016, Peter H. Wilson, The Holy Roman Empire, Penguin 2017, p. 123:
- The Peace of Augsburg charged the Reichskammergericht with resolving any disputes by entrusting cases to bipartisan panels composed equally of Lutheran and Catholic judges.
- 1995, Karel Davids, Jan Lucassen (eds.), A Miracle Mirrored, p. 141:
German
Etymology
From Reich + -s- + Kammergericht.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [ˈʁaɪ̯çskamɐɡəˌʁɪçt]
Audio (file) - Hyphenation: Reichs‧kam‧mer‧ge‧richt
Noun
Reichskammergericht n (strong, genitive Reichskammergerichts, no plural)
- (historical) Reichskammergericht
Declension
Declension of Reichskammergericht [sg-only, neuter, strong]
singular | |||
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indef. | def. | noun | |
nominative | ein | das | Reichskammergericht |
genitive | eines | des | Reichskammergerichts |
dative | einem | dem | Reichskammergericht |
accusative | ein | das | Reichskammergericht |
Further reading
- “Reichskammergericht” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache