单词 | coram |
释义 | coramn. a. A Latin preposition meaning ‘before, in the presence of’, occurring in various legal and other phrases, e.g. coram judice before a judge; coram nobis before us (i.e. the sovereign) = in the court of King's Bench; coram non judice before one not the proper judge, or who cannot take legal cognizance of the matter; coram paribus before one's peers; coram populo before the people, in public. Π a1641 R. Montagu Acts & Monuments (1642) 279 You would never have brought us coram him who is the common Father and Conservator of all. 1672 T. Manley Νομοθετης: Cowell's Interpreter sig. Tva When a Cause is brought in a Court, whereof the Judges have not any Jurisdiction; there it is said to be Coram non judice. ΘΠ the mind > attention and judgement > testing > accusation, charge > make accusation [phrase] to bear (a person or thing) in (also an, a, on) handc1300 to lay the blame on1393 to give the wrong to?1473 to lay in (his) neckc1515 to cast (any one) in the teeth1526 to cast (a thing) in one's teeth1526 to lay to (also cast in) a person's nose1526 to dash one in the teeth with (something)1530 call to or in coram1542 to cast (also lay, throw) (something) in one's dish1551 to throw (cast) a stone or stones (at)1568 to cast up1604 to nail to the barn door1894 1542 N. Udall tr. Erasmus Apophthegmes (1877) 380 Οὐ συντέταγμαι: that is, I am none of those whiche are brought under coram. 1581 J. Bell tr. W. Haddon & J. Foxe Against Jerome Osorius 366 b She is called to coram, before these cloisterers. 1588 ‘M. Marprelate’ Oh read ouer D. Iohn Bridges: Epist. 24 The parties were neuer calde in Coram for it. 1592 R. Greene Quip for Vpstart Courtier sig. Ev He hath had me vnder coram so often. 1598 R. Bernard tr. Terence Adelphi i. i, in Terence in Eng. 271 He supposeth that which he doth shall..come vnder coram. 1611 R. Cotgrave Dict. French & Eng. Tongues Discipliner, to discipline, schoole, correct, bring vnder coram. c. Used by confusion for quorum n. Π a1616 W. Shakespeare Merry Wives of Windsor (1623) i. i. 5 Robert Shallow Esquire..Iustice of Peace and Coram. 1640 in J. Nicholson Minute Bk. War Comm. Covenanters Kirkcudbright 3 Nov. (1855) 73 The Committie foirsaid, halden..be ane sufficient coram. 1681 W. Robertson Phraseologia generalis (1693) 782 Justices of Coram, parici quæstores. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1893; most recently modified version published online June 2020). < n.1542 |
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