Kurfürstenkollegium
German
Alternative forms
- Churfürsten-Collegium, Chur-Fürstliches Collegium (obsolete)
Etymology
From Kurfürst + -en- + Kollegium.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [ˈkuːɐ̯fʏʁstn̩kɔˌleːɡi̯ʊm]
- Hyphenation: Kur‧fürs‧ten‧kol‧le‧gi‧um
Proper noun
Kurfürstenkollegium n (proper noun, strong, genitive Kurfürstenkollegiums)
- the College of Electors of the Holy Roman Empire (the members of the electoral college that elected the ruler of the Holy Roman Empire)
- Synonyms: Kurkollegium, Kurfürstenrat
Declension
Declension of Kurfürstenkollegium [sg-only, neuter, strong]
Hypernyms
Meronyms
- geistlicher Kurfürst (“spiritual elector”)
- weltlicher Kurfürst (“secular elector, temporal elector”)
Coordinate terms
- Reichsfürstenrat (“College of Princes”)
- Reichsstädtekollegium (“College of Towns”)
- Städterat (“College of Towns”)
Related terms
- Kurfürstenresidenz, Kurfürstentag
- Kardinalskollegium, Lehrerkollegium, Redaktionskollegium (“board of editors”)
Further reading
- Kurfürstenkollegium, drw.hadw-bw.de