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单词 constabulary
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constabularyn.

/kənˈstabjʊləri/
Etymology: < medieval Latin constabulāria, < constabulus : see -ary suffix1.
1. The office of a constable; constableship.
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society > authority > office > holder of office > high officials of state > [noun] > constable > office of
constableryc1400
constableship1464
constabulary1587
constablewicka1693
1587 Sc. Acts Jas. VI (1597) 83 b Constabularies, and Baillieries of our proper lands and Castelles.
1746–7 Act 20 Geo. II c. 43 §2 All heretable constabularies, other than the office of high constable of Scotland.
2. A district under a constable; a constablewick.
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society > authority > rule or government > territorial jurisdiction or areas subject to > territory under a governor or official > [noun] > under a (petty) constable
constablery1610
constabulary1631
constablewick1678
1631 in S. R. Gardiner Rep. Cases Star Chamber & High Comm. (1886) 68 One Francis Bridge, being Constable of Walson..was present, this being within his constabulary.
1791 J. Mackintosh Vindiciæ Gallicæ i. 36 The constituent Assemblies of the several Provinces, Bailliages, and Constabularies of the [French] kingdom.
1813 N. Carlisle Topogr. Dict. Scotl. II. sig. B2 It continued a Constabulary at the Restoration.
3. The organized body of constables or peace officers of a country or specified district.
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society > law > law enforcement > police force or the police > [noun]
police1798
police force1820
constabulary1837
the force1851
John Law1903
button1921
fuzz1929
law1929
Babylon1943
monaych1961
filth1967
heat1967
Bill1969
Old Bill1970
beast1978
blues and twos1985
dibble1990
po-po1994
1837 C. Dickens Pickwick Papers xxiv. 248 The day-scholars..had hooted the beadle, and pelted the constabulary.
1840 Penny Cycl. XVIII. 335/1 To correct the various evils incident to the constitution of the present rural constabulary, the magistrates of Cheshire, in 1829..obtained an Act which authorized them to appoint and direct a paid constabulary.
1874 J. Morley On Compromise 39 Those who..would maintain churches on the same principle on which they maintain the county constabulary.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1893; most recently modified version published online March 2018).

constabularyadj.

/kənˈstabjʊləri/
Etymology: < medieval Latin constabulārius, < constabulus : see constabulary n.
1. Of or pertaining to petty constables or to police officers; belonging to the official organization for the preservation of public peace and order, especially that established in the counties of England, Ireland, and Scotland in the course of the 19th cent.
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society > law > law enforcement > police force or the police > [adjective]
constabulary1824
constabulatory1830
policial1843
1824 Ann. Reg. 26 The constabulary bill has been found to be a very beneficial measure.
1825 Ann. Reg. 44* The establishment of the police and constabulary force.
1837 Instruct. Royal Comm. in Penny Cycl. XVIII. 336/1 To inquire into the best means of establishing an efficient constabulary force in the counties of England and Wales.
1857 J. Toulmin Smith Parish (new ed.) 132 It has been stated that the County Constabulary Acts do not supersede, though they cannot but materially affect, the system of parish constables.
1889 Spectator 26 Oct. A delegated constabulary duty he had from the Sheriff of the county.
2. Of the nature or function of constables.
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society > law > law enforcement > police force or the police > [adjective] > of the nature or function of police
constabulary1856
1856 E. K. Kane Arctic Explor. I. xxviii. 367 Nor did their constabulary guardians.
1857 N. Hawthorne Jrnl. 1 Mar. in Eng. Notebks. (1997) II. v. 181 A system of constabulary ethics.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1893; most recently modified version published online September 2019).
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