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‖ pospolite|pɒˈspɒlɪteɪ|
[Polish poˈspolite adj. neuter, ‘general, universal’, as n. = pospolite ruszenie general levy.]
The Polish militia, consisting of the nobility and gentry summoned to serve for a limited time.
1697Lond. Gaz. No. 3333/2 That the King should call together the Pospolite that is, all the Gentry of the Kingdom. 1763Hist. Europe in Ann. Reg. 46/1 Their military force consists chiefly, in the Pospolite, that is, the whole body of the gentry. 1822Edin. Rev. XXXVII. 493 They continued..to regard the Pospolite..as the impenetrable bulwark of the Commonwealth. a1859De Quincey Posth. Wks. (1891) I. 58 But this unwieldy pospolite was far from meeting David's secret anxieties. |