mediatize Meaning, Definition & Usage

Cf. F. médiatiser.

imperfect & past participle Mediatized ; present participle & verbal noun Mediatizing

To cause to act through an agent or to hold a subordinate position; to annex; -- specifically applied to the annexation during the former German empire of a smaller German state to a larger, while allowing it a nominal sovereignty, and its prince his rank.
The misfortune of being a mediatized prince. Beaconsfield.