Thirty Years' War

Definitions of Thirty Years' War
  1. noun
    a series of conflicts (1618-1648) between Protestants and Catholics starting in Germany and spreading until France and Denmark and Sweden were opposing the Holy Roman Empire and Spain
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    war, warfare
    the waging of armed conflict against an enemy
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