| 单词 | governor's council |
| 释义 | > as lemmasGovernor's Council 8. In Crown colonies and dependencies of Great Britain, a body assisting the governor in an executive or legislative capacity, or in both. This survives in some of the United States, as Massachusetts and Maine, in the advisory body called the Governor's Council. ΘΚΠ society > authority > rule or government > ruler or governor > deliberative, legislative, or administrative assembly > council of state > [noun] > colonial privy council1546 council1683 1606 in Capt. Smith's Wks. (Arb.) Introd. 33 Us whom it hath pleased the King's Majesty to appoint of the Counsel for the intended voyage to Virginia. 1607 Relatyon Discov. River in Trans. Amer. Antiq. Soc. (1860) 4 57 Capt. Smyth was this day sworne one of the counsell, who was elected in England.] 1683 in Colonial Rec. Pennsylvania (1852) I. 57 Journal of the Councell of the Province of Pensilvania. 1774 T. Hutchinson in P. O. Hutchinson Diary & Lett. (1883) I. 137 The House directed the Secretary of the Province [of Massachusetts Bay] to deliver to me a paper addressed to the Governor and Council. 1839 Penny Cycl. XIV. 347/1 Malta is a crown colony, and the local government is conducted by a governor, who, in legislative matters, is assisted by a council of six persons nominated by the crown. 1857 Ld. Canning in J. B. Norton Topics (1858) 74 The Governor-General in Council is sorry to see, etc. 1889 Whitaker's Almanack 433 Hong Kong..a Crown colony..administered by a Governor, aided by an Executive Council of six members, together with a Legislative Council of twelve members. < as lemmas |
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