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Definition of Pospolite

Pospolite
Pospolite Pos"po*lite, n. [Pol. pospolite ruszenie a general summons to arms, an arriere-ban; pospolity general + ruszenie a stirring.] A kind of militia in Poland, consisting of the gentry, which, in case of invasion, was summoned to the defense of the country.

Meaning of Pospolite from wikipedia

- Pospolite ruszenie (Polish pronunciation: [pɔspɔˈlitɛ ruˈʂɛɲɛ], lit. m**** mobilization; "Noble Host", Latin: motio belli, the French term levée en m****e...
- mobilising one man from each ten cottages, and on 3 December appointed the pospolite ruszenie as auxiliaries to the regular troops. These regular Army units...
- Chmielnicki Uprising, he was elected as one of the Regimentarz of the pospolite ruszenie and took part on the losing side of the Battle of Pyliavtsi in...
- which he kept despite Lithuanian attacks. Soon afterwards, rebel cavalry, pospolite ruszenie and other forces joined Zarudny and his men. The cavalry of Sieniawski...
- Military recruitment No Conscription Campaign No-Conscription Fellowship Pospolite ruszenie, m**** mobilization in Poland Quota System Timeline of women's...
- It was supplemented by two formations mobilised in case of war – the pospolite ruszenie (Polish for levée en m****e – feudal levy of mostly noble knights-landholders)...
- Casimir of Poland, decided to become Swedish allies together with the pospolite ruszenie (Levée en m****e) of Greater Poland to Charles X Gustav of Sweden...
- the Sejm. In the 17th century a Regimentarz was also the commander of Pospolite ruszenie in cases where a castellan or a voivode could not command personally...
- Smolensk, Samuel Drucki Sokoliński [pl], had about 500 volunteers from pospolite ruszenie and 2,500 regular army soldiers and Zaporozhian Cossacks. In...
- Lubomirski, with the support of part of the army and the conscripted pospolite ruszenie, defeated royal forces at the Battle of Matwy in 1666. The rebellion...