单词 | council-table |
释义 | council-tablen. = council-board n. a. literal. ΘΚΠ society > authority > rule or government > ruler or governor > deliberative, legislative, or administrative assembly > [noun] > table at which board1576 council-table1621 1621 G. Hakewill King David's Vow 230 They may sit with me, as it were at Counsel-table. 1711 J. Addison Spectator No. 61. ¶2 Pronounced in the most solemn manner at the Council-Table. ΘΚΠ society > authority > rule or government > ruler or governor > deliberative, legislative, or administrative assembly > council of state > [noun] > English or British privy council1450 Secret Council1546 council-table1678 witan1807 1678 A. Marvell Acct. Growth Popery in Wks. (1875) IV. 325 How improper would it seem of a privy-counsellor if in the House of Commons he should not justify the most arbitrary proceedings of the council-table. 1702 Clarendon's Hist. Rebellion I. i. 53 The Council-Table, and Star-Chamber enlarge their Jurisdictions to a vast extent. 1841 Penny Cycl. XIX. 23/2 The privy council, or council table, consists of the assembly of the king's privy councillors for matters of state. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1893; most recently modified version published online June 2019). < n.1621 |
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