reichskammergericht
Word Rarity
Very rare
Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English
38
Scrabble Score
19
Letters
5
Syllables
11
Unique Chars
Meaning
name
The imperial appellate court of the Holy Roman Empire, one of the two highest judicial authorities of the empire.
Example Sentences
- "The members of the Reichskammergericht were nominated both by the Estates and the emperor."
- "Likewise, it took a while before the Imperial Court of Law, the Reichskammergericht, established its permanent headquarters in the German city of Wetzlar in 1693."
- "The Peace of Augsburg charged the Reichskammergericht with resolving any disputes by entrusting cases to bipartisan panels composed equally of Lutheran and Catholic judges."
Etymology
Origin
Word Breakdown
- Root: Reichskammergericht