Definition of Holy Roman Empire
:an empire consisting primarily of a loose confederation of German and Italian territories under the suzerainty of an emperor and existing from the 9th or 10th century to 1806
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1698
Holy Roman Empire
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Definition of Holy Roman Empire
realm of varying extent in central Europe in the medieval and modern periods that had what is now Germany as its chief component
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