单词 | consessus |
释义 | consessusn. Now rare. A body of people who sit together, an assembly; esp. a council of church elders. Cf. consessor n. ΘΚΠ society > authority > rule or government > ruler or governor > deliberative, legislative, or administrative assembly > [noun] mootOE councilc1275 mootingc1275 dayc1300 assembly1366 consistoryc1374 house1389 parliamentc1390 convention1554 synodal1573 synod1578 synedrion1581 convenement1603 gemot1643 consessus1646 legislative council1651 national assembly1702 council-general1817 concilium1834 runanga1857 1646 S. Marshall Def. Infant-baptism 171 A little Proselyte, they [sc. the Jews] baptize by the appointment of the Consessus. 1668 J. Howe Blessednesse of Righteous xviii. 302 A council, or the concessus of persons that consult together. 1701 J. Sage Vindic. Disc. Princ. Cyprianic Age vii. 347 Ordinarily..he brought Matters to the Consessus, to the Presbytery, and did not proceed without the Advice of his Clergy. 1880 Jrnl. Philol. 9 105 The [Virgilian] horsemen began their movements by riding round the consessus of spectators, for the gratification of their friends. 1959 Amer. Jrnl. Archaeol. 63 4/1 [Terracotta and tomb reliefs] which represent the consessus of the magistrates of their respective cities. 2009 J. E. Fraser From Caledonia to Pictland iii. x. 279 Bridei could have promulgated Adomnán's Law in the same way, at a consessus of his own. This is a new entry (OED Third Edition, September 2016; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1646 |
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