Magna Cartan.

Brit.

/ˌmaɡnə ˈkɑːtə/, U.S.

/ˈˌmæɡnə ˈkɑrdə/

Forms: late Middle English– Magna Carta, 1600s Magna Chartaes (plural), 1600s– Magna Charta. Also with lower-case initials.

Origin: A borrowing from Latin. Etymon: Latin Magna Carta.

Etymology: < post-classical Latin Magna Carta (see below) < classical Latin magna , feminine of magnus great (see magni- comb. form) + carta charta n. The spelling with Ch- was common up to the end of the 19th cent.

1. The charter of English personal and political liberty, obtained from King John in 1215, repeatedly confirmed, and appealed to in all disputes between the sovereign and his or her subjects, until the establishment of constitutional government; = Great Charter at charter n.¹ 1a. Usually without article.

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society > authority > lack of subjection > freedom or liberty > [noun] > civil liberty > Magna Carta

Magna Carta1472

1218 in T. D. Hardy Rotuli Litterarum Clausarum (1844) II. 73 (MED) Concesserimus libertates quasdam scriptas in magna carta nostra de libertatibus.]

1472–5 Rolls of Parl. VI. 158 Where by the laudable Statute of Magna Carta, amonges other, it is ordeyned.

1569 R. Grafton Chron. II. 118 This Parliament king Edwards lawes were again restored, & Magna carta confirmed.

1641 Ld. J. Digby Speech in Comm. 19 Jan. 15 An Accumulation of all the publique Grievances since Magna Carta.

1766 W. Blackstone Comm. Laws Eng. ii. v. 74 John was obliged to consent, by his magna carta, that [etc.].

1864 C. Dickens Our Mutual Friend (1865) I. i. v. 34 Considered to represent the penn'orth appointed by Magna Charta.

1895 F. Pollock & F. W. Maitland Hist. Eng. Law II. 571 Trespass vi et armis..was still not..a Common Plea, for, despite Magna Carta, it might ‘follow the King’.

1926 G. M. Trevelyan Hist. Eng. ii. iii. 172 Radicals appealed to the letter and the spirit of ‘Magna Charta’ against gagging acts.

1952 H. Nicolson King George V viii. 112 In spite of D.O.R.A., the principles of Magna Carta were affirmed.

1980 Ld. Denning Due Process of Law ii. vi. 92 The delay of justice is a denial of justice. Magna Carta will have none of it. ‘To no one will we deny or delay right or justice.’

2. Any similar document establishing rights; any rule, principle, etc., held to be important.

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society > authority > lack of subjection > freedom or liberty > [noun] > civil liberty > Magna Carta > something likened to

Magna Carta1628

1628 R. Burton Anat. Melancholy (ed. 3) ii. §3. v. sig. Ss2^v Tis an inevitable chance, the first statute in Magna Charta, an everlasting act of Parliament, all must die.

1631 B. Jonson New Inne i. ii. 24 It is against my free-hold, my inheritance, My Magna charta, Cor lætificat, To drinke such balder dash, or bonny-clabbee.

1643 W. Prynne Soveraigne Power Parl. i. 22 Which you may reade in ancient Magna Chartaes.

a1686 T. Watson Body Pract. Divinity (1692) 460 The Covenant of Grace is our Magna Charta, by vertue of which God passeth himself over to us to be our God.

1825 Lancet 26 Nov. 324/2 Mrs. Geogehan..holds up to the terrified sinner this twopenny magna charta of his redemption.

a1878 G. G. Scott Lect. Mediæval Archit. (1879) II. 181 I have called the use of diagonal ribs the Magna Charta of the art of vaulting.

1920 H. G. Wells in Observer 7 Mar. 10/5 Nationalisation will be the Magna Charta of the twentieth century.

1967 Canad. Med. Assoc. Jrnl. 97 251/1 Perhaps it is about time we drew up a magna carta for patients.

1987 New Yorker 2 Mar. 54/3 Pope Paul..was evidently much moved by the Conference declaration, which the progressive bishops referred to as their Magna Carta.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2000; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	magna carta
释义	Magna Cartan. Brit. /ˌmaɡnə ˈkɑːtə/, U.S. /ˈˌmæɡnə ˈkɑrdə/ Forms: late Middle English– Magna Carta, 1600s Magna Chartaes (plural), 1600s– Magna Charta. Also with lower-case initials. Origin: A borrowing from Latin. Etymon: Latin Magna Carta. Etymology: < post-classical Latin Magna Carta (see below) < classical Latin magna , feminine of magnus great (see magni- comb. form) + carta charta n. The spelling with Ch- was common up to the end of the 19th cent. 1. The charter of English personal and political liberty, obtained from King John in 1215, repeatedly confirmed, and appealed to in all disputes between the sovereign and his or her subjects, until the establishment of constitutional government; = Great Charter at charter n.¹ 1a. Usually without article. ΘΚΠ society > authority > lack of subjection > freedom or liberty > [noun] > civil liberty > Magna Carta Magna Carta1472 1218 in T. D. Hardy Rotuli Litterarum Clausarum (1844) II. 73 (MED) Concesserimus libertates quasdam scriptas in magna carta nostra de libertatibus.] 1472–5 Rolls of Parl. VI. 158 Where by the laudable Statute of Magna Carta, amonges other, it is ordeyned. 1569 R. Grafton Chron. II. 118 This Parliament king Edwards lawes were again restored, & Magna carta confirmed. 1641 Ld. J. Digby Speech in Comm. 19 Jan. 15 An Accumulation of all the publique Grievances since Magna Carta. 1766 W. Blackstone Comm. Laws Eng. ii. v. 74 John was obliged to consent, by his magna carta, that [etc.]. 1864 C. Dickens Our Mutual Friend (1865) I. i. v. 34 Considered to represent the penn'orth appointed by Magna Charta. 1895 F. Pollock & F. W. Maitland Hist. Eng. Law II. 571 Trespass vi et armis..was still not..a Common Plea, for, despite Magna Carta, it might ‘follow the King’. 1926 G. M. Trevelyan Hist. Eng. ii. iii. 172 Radicals appealed to the letter and the spirit of ‘Magna Charta’ against gagging acts. 1952 H. Nicolson King George V viii. 112 In spite of D.O.R.A., the principles of Magna Carta were affirmed. 1980 Ld. Denning Due Process of Law ii. vi. 92 The delay of justice is a denial of justice. Magna Carta will have none of it. ‘To no one will we deny or delay right or justice.’ 2. Any similar document establishing rights; any rule, principle, etc., held to be important. ΘΚΠ society > authority > lack of subjection > freedom or liberty > [noun] > civil liberty > Magna Carta > something likened to Magna Carta1628 1628 R. Burton Anat. Melancholy (ed. 3) ii. §3. v. sig. Ss2^v Tis an inevitable chance, the first statute in Magna Charta, an everlasting act of Parliament, all must die. 1631 B. Jonson New Inne i. ii. 24 It is against my free-hold, my inheritance, My Magna charta, Cor lætificat, To drinke such balder dash, or bonny-clabbee. 1643 W. Prynne Soveraigne Power Parl. i. 22 Which you may reade in ancient Magna Chartaes. a1686 T. Watson Body Pract. Divinity (1692) 460 The Covenant of Grace is our Magna Charta, by vertue of which God passeth himself over to us to be our God. 1825 Lancet 26 Nov. 324/2 Mrs. Geogehan..holds up to the terrified sinner this twopenny magna charta of his redemption. a1878 G. G. Scott Lect. Mediæval Archit. (1879) II. 181 I have called the use of diagonal ribs the Magna Charta of the art of vaulting. 1920 H. G. Wells in Observer 7 Mar. 10/5 Nationalisation will be the Magna Charta of the twentieth century. 1967 Canad. Med. Assoc. Jrnl. 97 251/1 Perhaps it is about time we drew up a magna carta for patients. 1987 New Yorker 2 Mar. 54/3 Pope Paul..was evidently much moved by the Conference declaration, which the progressive bishops referred to as their Magna Carta. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2000; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1472
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