noun the diet, or house of representatives, of the german empire, which is composed of members elected for a term of three years by the direct vote of the people. ·see bundesrath.
2. reichstag ·add. ·noun the national representative body of hungary, consisting of a house of magnates (including archdukes, peers, high officials of the roman catholic, greek, and protestant churches, and certain other dignitaries) and a house of representatives (in 1912 consisting of 453 members). ·see legislative, diet.