palsgrave

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English

Etymology

Borrowed from German Pfalzgraf (count palatinate).

Noun

palsgrave (plural palsgraves)

  1. (historical) 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.

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