单词 | lord president |
释义 | > as lemmasLord President Lord President n. (a) (the title of) the head of a council, committee, etc.; spec. the head of the Privy Council (often more fully Lord President of the Council: see president n. 3a); (b) †(the title of) the head of a council in Wales, or one in northern England, appointed to represent the English Crown (obsolete). ΘΚΠ society > authority > rule or government > ruler or governor > deliberative, legislative, or administrative assembly > council of state > [noun] > head of council of state president1491 Lord President1539 1539 Anno Tricesimo Primo Henrici Octaui c. 10. sig. C.ii The lord President, the lord Priuie seale.., and the kynges chiefe Secretory shall sytte and be placed in suche order and fascion as is aboue rehersed. 1562–3 Act 5 Elizabeth I c. 9 §7 in Statutes of Realm (1963) IV. i. 438 Nor to restrayne the Power or Aucthoritie of the Lorde Presydent and Councell of the Marches of Wales, or of the Lorde President and Councell in the Northe. 1701 R. Morden New Descr. & State of Eng. 138 Ludlow.., where the Court for the Marshes of Wales was kept, consisting in a Lord President, and other Officers. a1854 Ld. Cockburn Memorials (1856) ii. 128 As Lord President he was tricky. 1974 D. W. Sylvester R. Lowe & Educ. vi. 134 Direct responsibility for the administration of the 1870 Education Act belonged to the Lord President and Vice-President of the Committee of Council for Education. < as lemmas |
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