| 单词 | exclusion bill |
| 释义 | > as lemmasExclusion Bill c. bill of exclusion, Exclusion Bill: a bill brought before parliament in the reign of Charles II (1679) for excluding or preventing James, Duke of York, the king's brother, from succeeding to the crown, on the ground of his being a Roman Catholic. So Exclusion Parliament. ΘΚΠ society > authority > rule or government > ruler or governor > deliberative, legislative, or administrative assembly > governing or legislative body of a nation or community > English or British parliament > [noun] > a particular English or British parliament parliamenta1513 Unlearned Parliament1643 Exclusion Parliament1700 Parliament of bats1875 Parliament of Dunces1889 1700 N. Luttrell Diary in Brief Hist. Relation State Affairs (1857) IV. 667 Sir William Williams, speaker of the exclusion parliaments in the reign of King Charles the 2d, is dead. 1729 J. Bramston Art Politicks 15 When the Exclusion-Bill was in suspense. 1827 H. Hallam Constit. Hist. Eng. II. xii. 300 The bill of exclusion was drawn with as much regard to the inheritance of the duke of York's daughters as they could reasonably demand. 1872 J. S. Brewer Stuarts in Eng. Stud. (1881) 197 Halifax had spoken with great energy against the Exclusion Bill. < as lemmas |
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