holy Roman emperor

See also: Holy Roman emperor and Holy Roman Emperor

English

Noun

holy Roman emperor (plural holy Roman emperors)

  1. Alternative letter-case form of Holy Roman Emperor.
    • 1973 May 16, John Gardner, “The Colonies Will Overcome”, in The New York Times‎[1], New York, N.Y.: The New York Times Company, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 30 November 2025:
      When this nation [the United States] was founded, there was a holy Roman emperor; Venice was a Republic, France was ruled by a king, China by an emperor, Japan by a shogun, Russia by a czar.
    • 2002 June 18, Joe Klein, “How Germany was suffocated”, in Alan Rusbridger, editor, The Guardian‎[2], London: Guardian News & Media, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 26 August 2013:
      Their host was Helmut Kohl, who took them to his home town of Oggersheim, and to lunch at his favourite bistro and to the cathedral at Speyer, where the first holy Roman emperors - the first pan-Europeans - were buried.
    • 2024 June 7, Simon Calder, “Euro 2024: How to follow England and Scotland in Germany this summer – and what to do in each city”, in The Independent‎[3], London: Independent News & Media, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 14 May 2024:
      Europe’s financial hub is far more rewarding than you might imagine. It has a traditionally restored old town [Frankfurt], complete with the chance to ascend the tower of St Bartholomew’s (location for medieval coronations of holy Roman emperors), though with some questionable 1960s embellishments.
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