| 单词 | guild of merchants |
| 释义 | > as lemmasguild of merchants The guild of merchants, merchant guild (or guild merchant, late Old English céapmanna gild), an incorporated society of the merchants of a town or city, having exclusive rights of trading within the town, is an institution which in England has not been found before the Conquest; on the Continent the name and thing were older. In many English towns, and in the royal burghs of Scotland, the merchant guild became the governing body of the town; in Scotland the name of ‘guild’ is still preserved (cf. dean of guild at dean n.1 9.).extracted from guildn.< as lemmas |
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