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Mediatization

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me·di·a·tize  (md--tz)
tr.v. me·di·a·tized, me·di·a·tiz·ing, me·di·a·tiz·es
To annex (a lesser state) to a greater state as a means of permitting the ruler of the lesser state to retain title and partial authority.

[Probably French médiatiser, from médiat, dependent, from Old French, back-formation from immediat, independent, from Late Latin immeditus; see immediate.]

medi·a·ti·zation (-t-zshn) n.


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