edelmogende heer

Dutch

Noun

edelmogende heer m (plural edelmogende heren)

1. (historical) Used as a honorific and a salutation when addressing a member of the provincial Estates and the States General of the Netherlands [until 1848]
   • 1848 October 16, “Speech from the throne 1848”, in Herko Coomans, Pieter C. Lagas, editors, Troonredes.nl‎^[1], spoken by William II of the Netherlands, retrieved 23 August 2024:

     En zoo is dan, Edel Mogende Heeren! ons staatsgebouw op dezelfde grondslagen gevestigd gebleven; maar zijne inrigting gewijzigd naar de behoefte van den tijd, en zoodanig zamengesteld, dat de verbeteringen, die de toekomst mogt vorderen, zonder schokken zullen kunnen worden aangebragt.

     And thus, Noble and Mighty Lords, our state structure has remained based on the same foundations; but its layout has been modified to meet the needs of the time, and arranged in such a way that improvements, which the future may demand, can be made without any shocks.

   • 1917, Hendrik Pieter Nicolaas Muller, “Onze vaderen in China. [Our forefathers in China]”, in De Gids‎^[2], page 174:

     (...) de Centrale Afdeeling (...) richtte het volgende ‘Rapport nopens het ontwerp van wet op den Chinaschen theehandel,’ 10 December 1817, tot de Staten-Generaal, die, sedert Napoleon hun den alouden titel van Hoogmogenden, Hautes Puissances, niet meer had gegund, nu met ‘Edelmogende Heeren’ werden aangesproken en in den voor de Waalsche provinciën bestemden Franschen tekst met ‘Nobles et puissants Seigneurs’:(...).

     (...) the Central Division [a preparatory committee of MPs] (...) sent the following ‘Report on the draft law on the Chinese tea trade,’ 10 December 1817, to the States General, who, since Napoleon had no longer allowed them the ancient title of High Mightinesses, Hautes Puissances, were now addressed as ‘Noble and Mighty Lords’ and in the French text intended for the Walloon provinces as ‘Nobles et puissants Seigneurs’:(...).