Kaiserthum
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Kaiserthum (Modern German spelling Kaisertum, pronounced [ˈkaɪzɐˌtuːm] <phonos file="De-Kaisertum.ogg"></phonos>; lit. 'Kaiser-dom'; pl. Kaisertümer [ˈkaɪzɐˌtyːmɐ] <phonos file="De-Kaisertümer.ogg"></phonos>) is a German word for Empire in its meaning as a state ruled over by an Emperor, used in the 18th and 19th centuries.[1] It is most known as a description of the Empire of Austria after its creation in 1804.[2] A later used German term for it is Kaiserreich.
See also
[edit | edit source]References
[edit | edit source]- ^ Paul Anton Fedor Konstantin Possart, Das Kaiserthum Rußland (in multiple parts), Literatur-Comptoir, Stuttgart, 1840 & 1841
- ^ Reichs-Gesetz-Blatt für das Kaiserthum Oesterreich. Jahrgang 1858
