free imperial city

The free imperial cities of the Holy Roman Empire in 1792

Meaning

Noun

A self-ruling city within the Holy Roman Empire that had some autonomy and was represented in the Imperial Diet.

Origin

A calque of German freie (short singular form of [[freie) or Latin [[urbs imperialis libera.

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