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States General. World English Historical Dictionary Dictionary Biographies Literary Criticism Welcome Terms of Service ⧏ Previous Next ⧐ Contents Slice Contents Key Bibliographic Record Murray’s New English Dictionary. 1919, rev. 2024. States General Hist. Also 6 general states. [= F. états généraux, Du. staaten generaal.] A legislative assembly representing the three estates, viz. clergy, nobles, and commons or burghers of a whole realm, principality or commonwealth (distinguished from states provincial): a. in France before the Revolution; b. in the Netherlands from the 15th c. to 1796.

1 1585.  J. Norris, in Eng. Hist. Rev. (1903), April, 317. The Councell established in this towne for the generall states. Ibid., 318. I haue deferred to send … myndinge to morrowe … to repaire to the states generall in Hollande.

2 1646.  Howell, Lewis XIII, ii. 40. The Assembly of the States General.

3 1673.  Temple, Observ. United Prov., ii. 75. As the States-General cannot make War or Peace … without the consent of every Province; so cannot the States-Provincial conclude any of those points without the consent of each of the Cities.

4 1677.  Dryden, State Innoc., I. i. Most high and mighty Lords, who better fell From Heav’n, to rise States-General of Hell.

5 a. 1680.  Butler, Rem. (1759), II. 345. A Rabble Is a Congregation, or Assembly of the States-General sent from their several and respective Shops, Stalls, and Garrets.

6 1792.  A. Young, Trav. France, 108. They … assert that his letting the king go to the states-general, before their powers were verified,… was madness.

7 1875.  Stubbs, Const. Hist., II. xv. 265. The States General answer to the parliament of the three estates.

8 1876.  Bancroft, Hist. U.S., I. viii. 240. Under the command of the stadholder and the states-general.

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