Maatschappijn.
/mɑːtskəˈpeɪ/, U.S. /ˌmɑtskəˈpeɪ/, South African English /mɑːtskəˈpeɪ/ South African History.
A name given to: an early form of local government among the Boers in the regions that were to become the historical republics of Orangia, the Transvaal, and Natalia.
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Maatschappij1857
vestrydom1860
vestryism1861
vestryhood1871
vestralization1886
1857 J. M. Orpen Hist. of Basutos 22 The Boers were, at this time, divided into parties, the greater portion under a rude form of government, called the ‘Maatschappy’.
1878 A. Aylward Transvaal of Today 10 Potgieter and his followers, in declaring their new government—the ‘Maatschappij’—claimed absolute independence.
1908 J. M. Orpen Reminisc. xlix. 381 Much the same sort of government had existed a few years before in Winburg and Harrismith, when they, as well as the Transvaal, were loosely united under that sort of government which was called the Maatschappij (association or partnership) and there was a wish among a good many, as it appeared, in the Free State, to revert to it.
1973 Standard Encycl. Southern Afr. IX. 299 In March all the ‘maatschappijen’ or communities in the Transvaal ratified an agreement which brought into existence a united Transvaal republic.
This is a new entry (OED Third Edition, March 2000; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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n.1857