| 单词 | peerage bill |
| 释义 | > as lemmasPeerage Bill Peerage Bill n. now historical a bill of 1719 (defeated in the House of Commons) which was designed to limit the number of peers in the House of Lords. ΚΠ 1719 S. T. (title) An account of the conduct of the ministers with relation to the Peerage-Bill: in a letter to a friend in the country. 1876 T. Keightley Hist. Eng. 458 The object of Sunderland, with whom the peerage-bill originated, was to gratify the spleen of the king against the prince of Wales, with whom he was at enmity. 1993 Eng. Hist. Rev. 108 472 Jones's own essay, an excellent, convincing analysis of the politics and social tensions underlying the Peerage Bills of 1719. < as lemmas |
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