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单词 council-table
释义

council-tablen.

Etymology: Previous versions of the OED give the stress as: ˈcouncil-ˌtable.
= council-board n.
a. literal.
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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.
b. The Privy Council. Obsolete.
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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).
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