personal union
A "personal union" involves the sharing of a single leader by multiple states or the union of Christ's human and divine natures.
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Definition
C1Politics
(historical, technical)An arrangement where multiple states share the same monarch while keeping their individual governments and legal systems.
Example
- The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland was in a personal union with the Kingdom of Hanover from 1714 to 1837.
C2Christian Theology
(religious, technical)The union of Christ's humanity and divinity in one individual existence.
Example
- The concept of personal union is central to the doctrine of the hypostatic union in Christian theology.
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