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(historical, rare) A German representative of the Frankish king (or, later, the Holy Roman Emperor), in a palatial domain of the crown; a count palatine..
With the sanction and connivance of Irmengarde, her lady-mother, the lovers met nightly in the gardens of Stahleck; and, to crown all, during the temporary absence of the pfalzgraf at the court of the emperor, their hands were united[…]
The warrior bishops, electors, pfalzgrafs, and knights of the empire, all swore it was no shame not to be a match for Sathanas.
Use pfalzgraf when its meaning, tone and grammar fit the full sentence. A synonym is not always a direct replacement.
Pfalzgraf means (historical, rare) A German representative of the Frankish king (or, later, the Holy Roman Emperor), in a palatial domain of the crown; a count palatine..
Common synonyms include palsgrave.
The opposite depends on the specific sense.
With the sanction and connivance of Irmengarde, her lady-mother, the lovers met nightly in the gardens of Stahleck; and, to crown all, during the temporary absence of the pfalzgraf at the court of the emperor, their hands were united[…]
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