单词 | gravamen |
释义 | gravamenn. 1. A grievance. ΘΚΠ the mind > emotion > anger > indignation or resentment > [noun] > cause of indignation or resentment discontentation1573 discontentment1580 discontent1588 gravamen1647 1647 N. Ward Simple Cobler Aggawam 55 Is your Advisera such a Suavamen to you, that hath been such a Gravamen to Religion and Peace? 1708 S. Sewall Diary 9 Feb. (1973) I. 588 [We] found this to our Comfort..which was a gravamen for many years. 1857 F. Palgrave Hist. Normandy & Eng. II. 24 Charles gave Hagano the higher room..The real gravamen, however, appears to have been Hagano's affectionate though rough fidelity. 2. ΘΚΠ the mind > attention and judgement > testing > accusation, charge > [noun] > formal presentment1576 gravamen1647 report1850 1647 Bp. J. Taylor Θεολογία Ἐκλεκτική Ep. Ded. 38 It is not safe..to extend the gravamen and punishment beyond the instances the Apostles make. 1774 S. Hallifax Anal. Rom. Law (1775) 126 In an Appeal, whether from a Gravamen or the Sentence, an Inhibition is issued from the Superior Court to the Inferior, to stop Proceedings. 1880 Lit. World 30 July 65/2 A gravamen brought forward by the Diet in opposition to the royal demands. b. Ecclesiastical. A memorial presented by the Lower House of Convocation to the Upper representing the existence of disorders or grievances in the church. ΘΚΠ society > faith > church government > council > Church of England > [noun] > provincial > memorial presented from lower to upper house gravamen1602 1602 in T. G. Law Archpriest Controv. (1898) II. 13 They willed vs to bring our probations for the Grauamina we had put up against the Archpriest. 1869 Daily News 18 June Archdeacon Hale presented a gravamen characterising the measure now before Parliament in very strong terms. 1889 John Bull 2 Mar. 145/3 Archdeacon Denison's gravamen just presented to Convocation is a most doleful document. 1899 Westm. Gaz. 9 Feb. 9/1 The Prolocutor thought the Archdeacon was travelling beyond the words of the gravamen. 3. The particular part of an accusation that bears most heavily on the person accused. ΘΚΠ the mind > attention and judgement > testing > accusation, charge > [noun] > instance of > most serious part of gravamen1832 1832 McCheyne in Mem. (1844) i. 12 It constitutes the very gravamen of the charge against the unrenewed man that he has affection for his earthly parent..but none for God! 1839 Ld. Brougham Hist. Sketches Statesmen George III, Ld. Mansfield 1st Ser. 115 The great gravamen, too, of these charges against him is his leaning towards the Americans. 1840 J. S. Mill Diss. & Disc. (1859) I. 151 The gravamen of the charge against the principle of utility seems to lie in a word. 1887 J. R. Lowell Democracy & Other Addr. 19 The real gravamen of the charge lies in the habit it has of making itself generally disagreeable. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1900; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1602 |
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