单词 | guardian of the spiritualities |
释义 | > as lemmasGuardian of the Spiritualities b. †Guardian of the Peace: an earlier name for a ‘Justice of the Peace’. Guardian of the Spiritualities, Guardian of the Temporalities: see those words. Guardian of the Poor (often simply Guardian): one of a board elected to administer the poor laws in a particular parish or district. ΘΚΠ society > law > administration of justice > one who administers justice > [noun] > Justice of the peace or district magistrate Justice of the Peace1423 justice1509 conservator of the peacea1513 Warden of the Peace1543 Guardian of the Peace1581 mittimus1630 magistrate1727 J.P.1732 beak1799 county commissioner1809 bubble and squeak1935 society > authority > office > holder of office > parish official > [noun] > responsible for relief of poor overseerc1600 relieving officer1677 Guardian of the Poor1782 pass-master1818 poormaster1853 1330 Act 4 Edw. III c. 5 Et eient les Justices, assignez a la deliverance des gaoles poair a deliverer les gaoles de ceux qi serront enditez devant les gardeins de la pees.] 1417 Ld. Furnival in H. Ellis Orig. Lett. Eng. Hist. (1827) 2nd Ser. I. 61 The Gardeins of the spirituallities of Ardmaghe. 1581 W. Lambarde Eirenarcha i. ii. 7 The Gardeins of the Peace..afterward obtained the name of Iustices of the Peace. 1764 R. Burn Hist. Poor Laws 183 Twelve persons residing in each district, of a certain estate in land, to be guardians of the district. 1782 Act 22 Geo. III c. 83 §2 The Visitor, Guardian, and Governor of such Poor House. 1782 Act 22 Geo. III c. 83 §7 It shall and may be lawful for two Justices of the Peace..to appoint one of the Persons so recommended to be Guardian of the Poor for each of such Parishes. 1789 W. Blake Holy Thursday in Songs of Innocence Beneath them sit the aged men, wise guardians of the poor. 1834 Act 4 & 5 William IV c. 76 §38 A Board of Guardians of the Poor for such Union shall be constituted and chosen, and the Workhouse or Workhouses of such Union shall be governed, and the Relief of the Poor in such Union shall be administered, by such Board of Guardians. 1857 J. Toulmin Smith Parish (new ed.) 166 ‘Guardians’ may exist either for single parishes, or for groups of parishes joined in ‘Unions’. 1869 H. Fawcett Man. Polit. Econ. (ed. 3) iv. v. 531 The Manchester guardians have lately made able-bodied paupers grind corn by hand. 1876 E. A. Freeman Hist. Norman Conquest V. xxv. 549 A reform of a generation back entrusted the care of the poor..to Boards of Guardians. Guardian of the Spiritualities (also Spirituality) Guardian of the Spiritualities (also Spirituality) n. now chiefly historical the person or body responsible for the ecclesiastical jurisdiction of a bishopric or archbishopric while the see is vacant. Also Keeper of the Spiritualities (also Spirituality) in the same sense.Compare later Guardian of the Spiritualties (also Spiritualty) n. at spiritualty n. 1d.extracted from spiritualityn.< as lemmas |
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