单词 | convener |
释义 | convenern.ΘΚΠ society > society and the community > social relations > association, fellowship, or companionship > a companion or associate > [noun] > other types of companion consenter1303 pew-fellow1533 bander1563 intercommoner1567 convenera1572 compeer1574 copemate1593 coherent1598 minion1598 barnacle1607 intercommuner1620 shade1667 dangler1728 rafiq1783 esquire1824 Sancho1870 tag-along1961 homeboy1965 bredda1969 arm piece1975 a1572 J. Knox Hist. Reformation Scotl. in Wks. (1846) I. 304 Yf it shall happin in oure saidis conventionis any hard place of Scripture to be redd, of the which no proffeit arysith to the convenaris, that, etc. 1625 R. Montagu Appello Cæsarem 69 I do reverence the Conveners [at the Synod of Dort] for their places, worth, and learning. a1641 R. Montagu Acts & Monuments (1642) 510 Another Epiphanius..one of the Convenors at the second Councell of Nice. ΘΚΠ the mind > language > speech > agreement > [noun] > one who is involved in making treater1489 covenant-man1540 obligatora1625 covenanter1643 covenantee1649 declarer1649 convener1650 tryster1655 contractor1724 conventionist1768 circumscriber1776 declarationist1892 1650 C. Elderfield Civil Right Tythes 35 A mutual consent among the conveners, that such a thing shall be so or so. 3. a. One who convokes (a meeting, etc.). ΘΚΠ society > society and the community > social relations > association for a common purpose > meeting or assembling for common purpose > [noun] > a meeting > one who convokes warner1572 assembler1635 convener1680 convocator1823 caller1841 convocant1850 1680 G. Hickes Spirit of Popery 35 The greatest Convener of the People to Conventicles, that was in all the Countrey. 1805 W. Taylor in Ann. Rev. 3 244 This convocation was somewhat unbecomingly postponed..without the conveners having assigned any public reasons. 1870 Pall Mall Gaz. 17 Oct. 10 Doubtless its conveners would be glad to make it [the ‘Church Congress’] more comprehensive if they could. b. spec. One officially appointed to summon the meetings of a committee or other organized body, etc. Chiefly Scottish. ΘΚΠ society > authority > rule or government > ruler or governor > deliberative, legislative, or administrative assembly > [noun] > president or chairperson of presidenta1382 prolocutor1570 moderator1573 spokesman1607 committee chair1643 chairman1654 referendary1655 speaker1656 chair1659 convener1681 chairperson1971 society > authority > control > person in control > [noun] > one who presides > over a body of persons or their meetings > convener convener1681 1681 London Gaz. No. 1649/3 All Deacons of Trades, and Deacons Conveeners in the said Burroughs. 1708 London Gaz. No. 4426/10 The Dean of Guild, Deacon, Conveener, and the Community of the City of Glasgow. 1827 H. Steuart Planter's Guide (1828) 523 Your Committee..cannot conclude this part of the subject better, than by an Extract of a Letter to their Convener. 1833 Act 3 & 4 William IV c. 46 §43 The convener, who shall preside at such committee, shall be entitled to a casting vote. 1886 Rep. Mitchell Libr. Glasgow Committee, —— Councillor X, Convener, Councillor Y, Sub-Convener. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1893; most recently modified version published online December 2020). < n.a1572 |
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