Difference between revisions of "Podesta"
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== Webster's Dictionary <ref name="term_158592" /> == | == Webster's Dictionary <ref name="term_158592" /> == | ||
<p> (1): (n.) A mayor, alderman, or other magistrate, in some towns of Italy. </p> <p> (2): (n.) One of the chief magistrates of the [[Italian]] republics in the Middle Ages. </p> | <p> '''(1):''' ''' (''' n.) A mayor, alderman, or other magistrate, in some towns of Italy. </p> <p> '''(2):''' ''' (''' n.) One of the chief magistrates of the [[Italian]] republics in the Middle Ages. </p> | ||
== The Nuttall Encyclopedia <ref name="term_78125" /> == | == The Nuttall Encyclopedia <ref name="term_78125" /> == | ||
Latest revision as of 18:52, 15 October 2021
Webster's Dictionary [1]
(1): ( n.) A mayor, alderman, or other magistrate, in some towns of Italy.
(2): ( n.) One of the chief magistrates of the Italian republics in the Middle Ages.
The Nuttall Encyclopedia [2]
The name given to the chief magistrate of an Italian town, with military as well as municipal authority; he was salaried, and annually elected to the office by the council, and had to give an account of his administration at the end of his term.
