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| Reichs·tag [ rks tg, rkhs tk ] |
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1. history German legislative assembly 1867-1919: the legislative assembly of both the North German Confederation, from 1867 to 1871, and the German Empire, from 1871 to 1919
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2. history legislative assembly of Weimar Republic: the sovereign legislative assembly of the Weimar Republic, from 1919 to 1933
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3. parliament building in Berlin: the building in Berlin in which the Reichstag formerly met, destroyed by fire in 1933, and now rebuilt to house the parliament of the reunified German federal state
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| [Mid-19th century. < German< Reich "kingdom, state, empire" + Tag "diet, legislative assembly"] |
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