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Definition: Reichstag
Reichstag
\Reichs"tag`\ (r?ks"t?g`), n. [G.]
1. [Note: from the 1913 definition] The Diet, or House of
Representatives, of the German empire (and of the Weimar
Republic), which was composed of members elected for a
term of three years by the direct vote of the people. This
term is no longer (in 1997) applied to the German
parliament. See also
Bundesrath.
[1913 Webster +PJC]
2. [Note: from the 1913 definition] The national
representative body of Hungary, consisting of a House of
Magnates (including archdukes, peers, high officials of
the Roman Catholic, Greek, and Protestant Churches, and
certain other dignitaries) and a House of Representatives
(in 1912 consisting of 453 members). See
Legislative,
Diet. [archaic]
[Webster 1913 Suppl. +PJC]