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  • proper noun The German state which existed, with Berlin as its capital, between 1871 and 1918.

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Examples

  • Yet although it is true that the feudal structure of the German Empire, which is still reflected in the laws and in the collective mentality of the country, imposes necessary limits upon the ambition of the labour leaders, it must be admitted that the fact we are now considering does not find an adequate explanation in the mere lack of temptation.

    Political Parties; a Sociological Study of the Oligarchical Tendencies of Modern Democracy 1916

  • Hitherto the representation of the people in the German Empire has not been endowed with an influence on the formation of the government….

    How Wars end Gideon Rose 2010

  • Between 1871 and 1878 Chancellor Otto von Bismarck of the German Empire waged a culture war against the influence of the Catholic Church.

    Aldo Civico: Catholics vs. Barack Obama. Not good to promote life. 2009

  • “There should be only three major powers in the world,” Hitler said, “the British Empire, the Americas, and the German Empire of the future.”

    Human Smoke Nicholson Baker 2008

  • The Swiss Reformers, however, living in the republic at Geneva, developed a free Church in a free State, while Luther and Melanchthon, with their native reverence for monarchial institutions and the German Empire, taught passive obedience in politics and brought the Church under bondage to the civil authority.

    The Reformed Doctrine of Predestination 1959

  • The United States needed the War of Independence; Switzerland, the fight against Austria; the Netherlands, rebellion against Spain; the Achaean League, the struggle against Macedonia; and the founding of the new German Empire furnishes a parallel to all of these instances.

    Conflict and The Web of Group-Affiliations Georg Simmel 1956

  • The United States needed the War of Independence; Switzerland, the fight against Austria; the Netherlands, rebellion against Spain; the Achaean League, the struggle against Macedonia; and the founding of the new German Empire furnishes a parallel to all of these instances.

    Conflict and The Web of Group-Affiliations Georg Simmel 1956

  • The United States needed the War of Independence; Switzerland, the fight against Austria; the Netherlands, rebellion against Spain; the Achaean League, the struggle against Macedonia; and the founding of the new German Empire furnishes a parallel to all of these instances.

    Conflict and The Web of Group-Affiliations Georg Simmel 1956

  • While the national unity of the German Empire is greater than that of either France or Great Britain, it has not only subjects of other languages, but actually discontented subjects, in three corners, on its

    Harvard Classics Volume 28 Essays English and American Various

  • We were told that the official fiat had gone forth that all Britishers within the German Empire, both resident and touring, were to be arrested.

    Sixteen Months in Four German Prisons Wesel, Sennelager, Klingelputz, Ruhleben Frederick Arthur Ambrose Talbot

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