| 单词 | middle temple |
| 释义 | > as lemmasMiddle Temple Middle Temple n. [ < A. + temple n.1, after post-classical Latin Medium Templum (1404), so called from its standing on the site of the buildings once occupied by the Templars (of which the church alone remains): see temple n.1 5a] (the name of) one of the four Inns of Court in London; cf. Middle Inn n. ΘΚΠ society > law > legal profession > [noun] > Inns of Court > specific templec1405 Middle Inn1450 Middle Templea1524 Inn of Chancery1562 Serjeants Inn1565 a1524 in C. T. Martin tr. Minutes of Parl. Middle Temple (1904) I. 20 The holye body of the Company of the Middel Temple, prayyng the Masters and Rulers of the same, [etc.]. 1582 G. Whetstone Remembraunce of Sir Iames Dier sig. Bi Fro thence, he was in Strand Inne plaste; But him with fame, the middle Temple graste. 1681 N. Luttrell Diary in Brief Hist. Relation State Affairs I. 101 The addresse of some gentlemen of the Middle Temple was presented on Sunday last. 1713 E. Ward Hist. Grand Rebellion I. 65 Bred in the Middle-Temple, yet took care To be no noisy Wrangler at the Bar. 1869 A. Trollope Phineas Finn i The doctor so far gave way..as to pay the usual fee to a very competent and learned gentleman in the Middle Temple. 1999 S. Rushdie Ground beneath her Feet (2000) ii. 26 Sir Darius Xerxes Cama..was a staunch Cantabrigian rationalist and an eminent barrister-at-law who had ‘eaten his dinners’ at Middle Temple. Middle Temple a. Name of two of the Inns of Court (see inn n. 4) in London, known as the Inner Temple and the Middle Temple (see quot. 1728), which stand on the site of the buildings once occupied by the Templars (of which the church alone remains). ΘΚΠ society > law > legal profession > [noun] > Inns of Court > specific templec1405 Middle Inn1450 Middle Templea1524 Inn of Chancery1562 Serjeants Inn1565 c1405 (c1387–95) G. Chaucer Canterbury Tales Prol. (Hengwrt) (2003) l. 569 A gentil Maunciple was ther of a Temple. 1462 J. Paston in Paston Lett. & Papers (2004) I. 392 To myn ryth reuerent..fadere John Paston, beyng jn the Indere Temple. 1556 in J. G. Nichols Chron. Grey Friars (1852) 97 The xviij day of August [1556] the mayer dynned at the rederes denner at the Tempulle. a1616 W. Shakespeare Henry VI, Pt. 1 (1623) ii. v. 19 We sent vnto the Temple, vnto his Chamber. View more context for this quotation 1656 T. Blount Glossographia at Templaries These Templars first founded and built the Temples or Templars Inne in Fleetstreet. 1709 R. Steele Tatler No. 60. ⁋1 A Student of the Inner Temple. 1728 E. Chambers Cycl. (at cited word) Temples, among us, are two Inns of Court; thus call'd, because anciently the Dwelling-House of the Knights Templars... They are call'd the Inner and Middle Temple, in relation to Essex House, which was also a Part of the House of the Templars, and call'd the Outer Temple, because situate without Temple-Bar. 1905 C. T. Martin (title) Minutes of Parliament of the Middle Temple. < as lemmas |
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