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Smalˈcaldic, a. [ad. mod.L. Smalcaldic-us, f. Smalcaldia, ad. G. Schmalkalden, a town of Thuringia.] Of or pertaining to Schmalkalden in connexion with the early history of Protestantism.
1668H. More Div. Dial. iv. xxxvii. (1713) 395 The condition..of the Reformation in Germany before the Smalcaldick War. 1716M. Davies Athen. Brit. II. 36 Cromwell..joyning his Master's Interest with that of the Protestant Smalcaldick League in Germany. 1882–3Schaff Encycl. Relig. Knowl. II. 1575 After the end of the Smalcaldic war. 1902Gairdner Hist. Eng. Ch. 16th C. xii. 237 The princes and cities of the Smalcaldic League..agreed to support each other..in defence of the Augsburg Confession. |