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Množina: plebanias
Mother-church having authority over several local churches.
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ETYM Latin plebeius, from plebs, plebis, the common people: cf. French plébéien.
Of the common people of ancient Rome.
Of the common people or vulgar classes.
common · lowborn · middle-class · unwashed · vulgar
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Množina: plebeians
One of the common people; SYN. pleb.
Person of common people or lower classes
Roman citizen who did not belong to the privileged class of the patricians. During the 5th4th centuries bc, plebeians waged a long struggle to win political and social equality with the patricians, eventually securing admission to the offices formerly reserved for patricians.
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Množina: plebifications
Making something vulgar or plebeian.
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Množina: plebiscitarisms
Principle or practice of using plebiscites.
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Množina: plebiscites
ETYM French plébiscite, from Latin plebiscitum.
A vote by the electorate determining public opinion on a question of national importance.
Referendum or direct vote by all the electors of a country or district on a specific question. Since the 18th century plebiscites have been employed on many occasions to decide to what country a particular area should belong; for example, in Upper Silesia and elsewhere after World War I, and in the Saar 1935.
The term fell into disuse during the 1930s, after the widespread abuse by the Nazis in Germany to legitimize their regime.
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Singular of plebs is pleb.
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