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- Defenestration - Wikipedia
Defenestration (from Neo-Latin de fenestrā[1]) is the act of throwing someone or something out of a window [2] The term was coined around the time of an incident in Prague Castle in the year 1618 which became the spark that started the Thirty Years' War
- DEFENESTRATION Definition Meaning - Merriam-Webster
These days, defenestration —from the Latin fenestra, meaning "window"—is often used to describe the forceful removal of someone from public office or from some other advantageous position
- Defenestration: Prague’s History of Literally Throwing Authority Out . . .
The earliest recorded defenestration in Prague occurred in 1419 at the hands of the Hussites, the followers of religious reformer Jan Hus Sources report Jan Želivský, a Czech priest, led a crowd of Hussites to the New Town Hall demanding the release of imprisoned supporters
- DEFENESTRATION Definition Meaning | Dictionary. com
Defenestration definition: the act of throwing a person or thing out of a window See examples of DEFENESTRATION used in a sentence
- DEFENESTRATION | English meaning - Cambridge Dictionary
Add to word list formal the action of throwing or pushing someone out of a window: his death by defenestration
- Defenestration: The History Of Throwing People Out Of Windows
Discover the bizarre and disturbing history of defenestration, the practice of killing someone by throwing them out of a window When people use the word “defenestration” today, they usually mean it metaphorically, referring to removing someone from a position of power, especially public leaders
- defenestration, n. meanings, etymology and more | Oxford English Dictionary
defenestration, n meanings, etymology, pronunciation and more in the Oxford English Dictionary
- Defenestrations of Prague - Wikipedia
More events of defenestration have occurred in Prague during its history, but they are not usually called "defenestrations of Prague" Sometimes, the name "the fourth" or "the third defenestration of Prague" is used, although it has no standard meaning
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