Podesta Definition

pō-dĕstə, pōdĕ-stä
noun
A chief magistrate of a medieval Italian town.
Webster's New World
A minor official in an Italian town.
Webster's New World
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Other Word Forms of Podesta

Noun

Singular:
podesta
Plural:
podestas

Origin of Podesta

  • Italian podestà from Old Italian podestate from Latin potestās power from potis powerful, able poti- in Indo-European roots

    From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition

  • From Italian, from Latin potestas power, magistracy. See potent.

    From Wiktionary

Podesta Sentence Examples

  • In the 12th century it was a free city, governed by a podesta and consuls after the model of the Italian republics, which it also emulated in commerce and navigation.

  • The Palazzo del Podesta, now a private house, is a brick building of the 15th century.

  • This army, led by the podesta of Florence and twelve burgher captains, set forth gaily on its march towards the enemy's territories in the middle of April 1260, and during its first campaign, ending on the 18th of May, won an insignificant victory at Santa Petronilla, outside the walls of Siena.

  • The weakness of the government becoming every day more apparent, several constitutional changes were made, and many old institutions, such as that of the podesta and capitano del popolo, were abolished; finally in 1502, in order Piero Capponi.

  • The former councils were replaced by the consiglio del popolo, consisting of 300 popolani and presided over by the capitano, and the consiglio del comune of 250 members, half of them nobles and half popolani, presided over by the podesta.

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