Residenzstadtn.
/ˌrɛzᵻˈdɛnsˌstat/, /ˌrɛzᵻˈdɛnsˌʃtat/, U.S. /ˌrɛzəˈdɛnsˌstæt/, /ˌrɛzəˈdɛnsˌʃtæt/ Now chiefly historical.
A town which was the seat of a German princely court. See Residenz n.
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society > inhabiting and dwelling > inhabited place > district in relation to human occupation > town as opposed to country > town > [noun] > other types of town
country town1598
post town1635
Residenz1824
garden town1835
Residenzstadt1841
hometown1851
tin town1884
ghost town1894
new town1918
shopping strip1935
twin town1955
1841 Monthly Chron. Apr. 321 I knew where I was, namely, in a Residenzstadt, where the poor must be as badly as the court is well lighted.
1961 L. Mumford City in Hist. Note to plate 4 These royal tomb cities were thus the earliest form of permanent Residenzstadt, like Versailles or Karlsruhe.
2005 Mod. Lang. Rev. 100 121 Dalberg, like many leading citizens, was concerned about the future prosperity of the abandoned former Residenzstadt and petitioned Karl Theodor to provide a subvention to allow the theatre to continue and help enliven the cultural life there.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2010; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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n.1841