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Stift (disambiguation)

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A Stift can be:

  • a German (der Stift [plural Stifte]) and Dutch word for 'pen', 'pencil', cylindric 'pin' or 'peg'
  • a German word (der Stift [plural Stifte]) for a freshman 'apprentice'
  • a German word (das Stift [plural Stifte]; Dutch corresponding het sticht) for an endowment of estates, or landed estates under the secular rule of a prince of the church; also in compounds such as Hochstift
  • a Nordic administrative jurisdiction, under a bailiff (Danish: Stiftamtmand; Amtmann or Ammann in Switzerland)
  • a Nordic expression for an ecclesiastical diocese