personal union

Noun

countable historical uncountable Christian

(politics, historical) The situation of two or more states sharing the same monarch, usually also with shared dynastic succession.

Japanese Meaning

（政治史）複数の国家が一人の君主により治められる状況で、通常、同一の王朝が継承の基礎となっている状態を指す。 / 同君連合

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Historians often study how a personal union affected the laws and economies of the two kingdoms.

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歴史家たちは、同君連合が両王国の法律や経済にどのように影響を与えたかをよく研究する。

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(politics, historical) The situation of two or more states sharing the same monarch, usually also with shared dynastic succession.

The United Kingdoms of Sweden and Norway, also known variously as the United Kingdoms, Sweden and Norway or Sweden–Norway, was a personal union of the separate kingdoms of Sweden and Norway under a common monarch and common foreign policy that lasted from 1814 until its peaceful dissolution in 1905.

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(theology, Christian theology) Hypostatic union; the union of Christ's humanity and divinity in one individual existence (person).

personal unions

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