stadholder
noun
the chief magistrate of the former republic of the United Provinces of the Netherlands.
stadholdership
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a word derived from
stadholder.
Example Sentences
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Prince of Orange. to the stadholdership in the person of William IV., whose powers were strengthened and declared hereditary both in the male and female line in 1747.
From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 13, Slice 5 "Hinduism" to "Home, Earls of" by Various
It declared the stadholdership hereditary in the male-line, and its example was followed by Zeeland, Utrecht, Gelderland and Overyssel, while the States-General in their turn made the captain-and admiral-generalship of the Union hereditary offices.
From History of Holland by Edmundson, George
The first eight years of William's stadholdership passed by quietly.
From History of Holland by Edmundson, George
Both the chancery and the stadholdership were independent of the diet and responsible to the king alone, being, in fact, his executive Pragmatic Sanction, 1723. instruments.
From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 13, Slice 8 "Hudson River" to "Hurstmonceaux" by Various
William had resigned his stadholdership in 1568 and had afterwards been declared an outlaw.
From History of Holland by Edmundson, George
