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Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia

1. n. The upper house of the Danish Rigsdag or parliament. It consists of 66 members, of whom 12 are appointed for life by the crown, and the others are elected for 8 years, not directly, but by delegates in each of the 54 electoral districts, chosen by those having the necessary property qualification.

GNU Webster's 1913

1. n. (Denmark.) See legislature, below.