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单词 distriction
释义 diˈstriction Obs.
[a. OF. distriction rigour, severity, arbitrary control (Godef.), ad. L. districtiōn-em, n. of action f. distringĕre: see distrain, district a.]
Strictness, severity, rigour.
c1450tr. De Imitatione iii. x, I ȝaue all, & I wol haue all ayen, & wiþ districcion I require þankinges.a1631Donne Serm. John v. 22 (1634) 10 Earthly judges have their districtions, and so their restrictions; some things they cannot know.1660R. Coke Power & Subj. 191 Justice and Secular distriction are necessary for the most part in Divine Laws and Secular Institutes.
[The erroneous sense ‘Sudden display’ in J., copied in later Dicts., is founded on a mistaken quotation of distinction as distriction in1697Collier Ess. Mor. Subj. ii. xii. 118.]
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