Bundestagn.
/ˈbʊndəstɑːk/ An assembly of representatives of a league, confederacy, etc.; spec. (since 1949) the lower house of parliament of the Federal Republic of Germany.
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Reichstag1849
Bundestag1879
Reichsrat1919
society > authority > rule or government > ruler or governor > deliberative, legislative, or administrative assembly > governing or legislative body of a nation or community > other national governing or legislative bodies > [noun] > specifically in Germany > lower house
Bundestag1950
1879 Encycl. Brit. X. 468/1 A few men-of-war..were sold, the German bundestag (federal council) not being in sympathy with the aspirations of the nation.
1950 Ann. Reg. 1949 233 The..Constitution for the ‘Federal Republic of Germany’..provided for..two Chambers, the Bundestag (or Lower House), elected for 4 years according to a mixed electoral system,..and the Bundesrat (or Upper House), representing the constituent confederate Länder and consisting of members of their Governments appointed by them.
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