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== Webster's Dictionary <ref name="term_178545" /> == | |||
<p> (n.) Formerly, the chief magistrate of the United Provinces of Holland; also, the governor or lieutenant governor of a province. </p> | |||
== The Nuttall Encyclopedia <ref name="term_80304" /> == | |||
<p> An anglicised form of the Dutch "stadhouder" ( <i> i. e </i> . stead-holder), a title conferred on the governors of provinces in the Low Countries, but chiefly associated with the rulers of Holland, Zealand, and Utrecht; in 1544 the title was held by [[William]] the Silent, and continued to be the designation of the head of the new republic of the United Provinces of the [[Netherlands]] until 1802, when William V. was compelled to resign his stadtholdership to France, the country afterwards assuming a monarchical government. </p> | <p> An anglicised form of the Dutch "stadhouder" ( <i> i. e </i> . stead-holder), a title conferred on the governors of provinces in the Low Countries, but chiefly associated with the rulers of Holland, Zealand, and Utrecht; in 1544 the title was held by [[William]] the Silent, and continued to be the designation of the head of the new republic of the United Provinces of the [[Netherlands]] until 1802, when William V. was compelled to resign his stadtholdership to France, the country afterwards assuming a monarchical government. </p> | ||
==References == | ==References == | ||
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<ref name="term_178545"> [https://bibleportal.com/dictionary/webster-s-dictionary/stadtholder Stadtholder from Webster's Dictionary]</ref> | |||
<ref name="term_80304"> [https://bibleportal.com/encyclopedia/the-nuttall-encyclopedia/stadtholder Stadtholder from The Nuttall Encyclopedia]</ref> | <ref name="term_80304"> [https://bibleportal.com/encyclopedia/the-nuttall-encyclopedia/stadtholder Stadtholder from The Nuttall Encyclopedia]</ref> | ||
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Latest revision as of 13:10, 12 October 2021
Webster's Dictionary [1]
(n.) Formerly, the chief magistrate of the United Provinces of Holland; also, the governor or lieutenant governor of a province.
The Nuttall Encyclopedia [2]
An anglicised form of the Dutch "stadhouder" ( i. e . stead-holder), a title conferred on the governors of provinces in the Low Countries, but chiefly associated with the rulers of Holland, Zealand, and Utrecht; in 1544 the title was held by William the Silent, and continued to be the designation of the head of the new republic of the United Provinces of the Netherlands until 1802, when William V. was compelled to resign his stadtholdership to France, the country afterwards assuming a monarchical government.
