Partium definition

Partium means those “parts” (i. e. counties) that originally belonged to Hungary and during the 17th century the Transylvanian Principality took control over them.

Examples of Partium in a sentence

  • If peace were to be concluded between the Habsburgs and the Ottomans, it would happen with the involvement of Transylvania and the Partium.

  • After the signing of the treaty it became evident that the castles and estates in the Partium would revert to Transylvania, and so they had been unable to crush ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇’s rule in this way.

  • The document intended for the public was designed to resolve the given political and military situation, the main result of which was that it returned the Partium to Transylvania while respecting the principality’s territorial integrity, and the king of Hungary continued to grant the Transylvanian estates the right to freely elect the prince.

  • Transylvania and the Partium belonging to it, along with the fortifications and border fortresses, could never be alienated from the Hungarian Crown.

  • The Round Table: Partium Journal of English Studies, 2(1), 24-37.