Landtag

[ German lahnt-tahkh ]

/ German ˈlɑntˌtɑx /

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noun History/Historical.

the legislature of certain states in Germany.

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Origin of Landtag

<German: literally, land parliament. See day, diet²

Words nearby Landtag

land snail, Landsteiner, Landsting, Landström's muscle, landsturm, Landtag, land tax, land-to-land, land up, Landus, landwaiter

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How to use Landtag in a sentence

The project was again laid by the government before the Prussian Landtag on the 14th of April 1901 and was again rejected.
Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 11, Slice 8|Various
They are the controlling influence in the Landtag, which is a representative assembly only in name.
German Problems and Personalities|Charles Sarolea
In Voralberg the unmarried women taxpayers were also given the right to vote in elections of the Landtag.
The Modern Woman's Rights Movement|Kaethe Schirmacher
The suffrage conditions for the Bohemian Landtag (provincial legislature) are different.
The Modern Woman's Rights Movement|Kaethe Schirmacher

The Galician woman taxpayer votes in municipal affairs; the women owners of large estates vote for members of the Landtag.
The Modern Woman's Rights Movement|Kaethe Schirmacher

British Dictionary definitions for Landtag

Landtag

/ (ˈlɑːntˌtɑːk) /

noun

the legislative assembly of each state in present-day Germany and Austria

the estates of principalities in medieval and modern Germany

the assembly of numerous states in 19th-century Germany

Word Origin for Landtag

C16: German: land assembly

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