单词 | ballotation |
释义 | † ballotationn. Obsolete. Voting by ballot; a round of this.Chiefly with reference to the selection of magistrates in the Venetian Republic. ΘΚΠ the mind > will > free will > choice or choosing > expression of choice by some approved method > [noun] > secret voting ballot1549 balloting1549 ballotation1606 billeting1662 ballotry1708 1606 H. Wotton Let. 23 June in L. P. Smith Life & Lett. Sir H. Wotton (1907) (modernized text) I. 354 In Senate..before proceeding to the ballotation. 1651 J. Howell S.P.Q.V. 145 Duke Grimani being buried, they fell to ballotation for another, nor according to the Constitutions of the Republic, can they fall to the Election of another, till the former Duke be under ground. 1677 tr. A.-N. Amelot de La Houssaie Hist. Govt. Venice 39 Every man speaks pro or con as he thinks fit; and afterwards they proceed to Balotation. 1766 Let. 12 Apr. in Sel. Lett. Duchess of Somerset & Others (1778) II. lxi. 256 The Great-Council meets every Sunday and Holiday to chuse Magistrates, which is done by Ballotation. 1831 A. Manning Stories from Hist. Italy 312 In the first ballotation the balls were equal; in the second, there was one ball more, they say, in the negative-box. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2008; most recently modified version published online December 2020). < n.1606 |
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