palsgrave
Noun
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Noun
palsgrave (plural palsgraves)
- A count palatinate of the Holy Roman Empire, possessing near-royal powers within his county.
- 1917, Upton Sinclair, The Profits of Religion
- When bound to the stake, two cartloads of fagots and straw were piled up around him, and the palsgrave and vogt for the last time adjured him to abjure.
- 1917, Upton Sinclair, The Profits of Religion
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