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  • proper noun Alternative spelling of Habsburg.

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  • noun a royal German family that provided rulers for several European states and wore the crown of the Holy Roman Empire from 1440 to 1806

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Examples

  • Mechanical humans, such as the automatic chess player designed in Hapsburg in the 1760s, captivated spectators as much as theatricalized bodies put on display by medicine.

    Feminist Utopianism and Female Sexuality in Joanna Baillie’s Comedies 2008

  • When I finally finished, four years later, I remained based in Hapsburg-perfect Ljubljana while I took the resulting movie — called Predictions of Fire — to festivals all over the world.

    A Space in Time 2002

  • When I finally finished, four years later, I remained based in Hapsburg-perfect Ljubljana while I took the resulting movie — called Predictions of Fire — to festivals all over the world.

    A Space in Time 2002

  • But he couldn’t restore what had gone the way of powdered wigs and knee britches, nationalism and liberalism grew apace, and he died in despair as the revolution of 1848 booted a reactionary Hapsburg from the imperial throne and sat the more moderate Franz Josef thereon instead.

    Matthew Yglesias » Age and the War 2007

  • Thus, the house of Romanoff, although comparatively young, stands out to the mind with a sort of barbaric power, more vividly than the Austrian house of Hapsburg, which is the oldest reigning family in Europe, tracing its beginnings backward until they are lost in the Dark Ages.

    Famous Affinities of History — Complete Lyndon Orr

  • Thus, the house of Romanoff, although comparatively young, stands out to the mind with a sort of barbaric power, more vividly than the Austrian house of Hapsburg, which is the oldest reigning family in Europe, tracing its beginnings backward until they are lost in the Dark Ages.

    Famous Affinities of History — Volume 1 Lyndon Orr

  • The large lip of the House of Austria is seen in all the generations, and is called the Hapsburg lip.

    The Wedding Ring A Series of Discourses for Husbands and Wives and Those Contemplating Matrimony 1867

  • I know, this smacks of incest, but we knew "when to say when" when it came to this most ancient and honorable of taboos, having been cautioned by our older sister of the "Hapsburg" lip — the product of inbreeding amoung the royal families of Europe.

    My Bossa Nova Years 2010

  • Mark Anderson's brilliant examination of Kafka's complex relations to the important cultural trends of his own time and place, such as Hapsburg decadence, dandyism and changing social attitudes towards the body; or Karen

    Notes on 'Kafka and the Coincidence of Opposites' 2007

  • Early in the day Tegethoff started on his return voyage to Fasana, where he arrived in the evening, and found the ironclad "Hapsburg" waiting to join his flag, after having been refitted in the dockyard of Pola.

    Famous Sea Fights From Salamis to Tsu-Shima John Richard Hale

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