- Peace of Westphalia
- nounthe peace treaty that ended the Thirty Years' War in 1648• Instance Hypernyms: ↑peace, ↑peace treaty, ↑pacification
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Peace of Westphalia
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peace — peaceless, adj. peacelessness, n. peacelike, adj. /pees/, n., interj., v., peaced, peacing. n. 1. the normal, nonwarring condition of a nation, group of nations, or the world. 2. (often cap.) an agreement or treaty between warring or antagonistic … Universalium
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