Etymology

Schmalkaldic

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Today it means: Of or relating to the Schmalkaldic League, a military alliance of Lutheran princes within the Holy Roman Empire during the mid-16th century. Full definition →

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Named after the town of Schmalkalden, located in modern Thuringia.

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