Golden Bull

American

noun

an edict of Charles IV, emperor of the Holy Roman Empire, issued in 1356 and in force until the extinction of the empire in 1806, in which the selection of the emperor was entrusted to seven Electors.

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And the Golden Bull is one of those staple neighborhood restaurants.

From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 7, 2025

Wander to dinner Then we would awkwardly put our Yetis somewhere and go have dinner at either Muse or the Golden Bull.

From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 7, 2025

How did the Golden Bull clarify the process of selecting a new Holy Roman emperor?

From Textbooks • Apr. 19, 2023

What did the Golden Bull attempt to clarify?

From Textbooks • Apr. 19, 2023

On the 2d of October the Conferences being ended for that Day, the Magistrates and Heads of the Militia, went in a Body to the Town-house, to take the Oath prescrib'd by the Golden Bull.

From The Memoirs of Charles-Lewis, Baron de Pollnitz, Volume III Being the Observations He Made in His Late Travels from Prussia thro' Germany, Italy, France, Flanders, Holland, England, &C. in Letters to His Friend. Discovering Not Only the Present State of the Chief Cities and Towns; but the Characters of the Principal Persons at the Several Courts. by P?llnitz, Karl Ludwig von

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