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imperial-royal

imperial-royal adjective: pertaining to the central government of Austria-Hungary.

Adjective

imperial-royal (not comparable)

  1. (historical) Pertaining to the central government of Austria-Hungary.
    • […] Emperor Napoleon had given the assurance, in consequence of the emphatic representations of the Imperial-Royal Ambassador, that the last obstacles to a conclusion, in so far as they depended upon France, should speedily be removed.1868, “Introduction”, in Austrian Red-Book: Diplomatic Correspondence of the Imperial-Royal Ministry for Foreign Affairs, from November 1866 to 31st December 1867, page 33
    • For example, Hungarians still had to serve in a joint imperial-royal army. They also had to accept financial decisions made by imperial-royal banks in Vienna.2006, Paul Hanebrink, In Defense of Christian Hungary: Religion, Nationalism, and Antisemitism, 1890–1944, →ISBN, page 12

Forms of imperial-royal

alternative formimperial royal

Origin of imperial-royal

Calque of German kaiserlich-königlich, from kaiserlich und königlich, referring to the monarch’s titles, Emperor of Austria and King of Hungary.

Questions about imperial-royal

What does imperial-royal mean?
Imperial-royal means pertaining to the central government of Austria-Hungary.
What part of speech is imperial-royal?
Imperial-royal is an adjective.

Words near imperial-royal in the dictionary

  1. imperial systems
  2. Imperial Valley
  3. imperial we
  4. Imperial Wizard
  5. Imperial Wizards
  6. imperial-royal
  7. Imperiale
  8. Imperiales
  9. imperialin
  10. imperialine
  11. imperialise

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