单词 | podestate |
释义 | podestaten. Now historical. Originally: †a civic magistrate or governor, esp. of an Italian city; = podestà n. (obsolete). In later use: the rule or office of a podestà. ΘΚΠ society > law > administration of justice > one who administers justice > judge > [noun] > in European countries podestate1589 alguazil1651 guazil1665 podestà1768 1589 G. Puttenham Arte Eng. Poesie iii. xxv. 253 I haue sene of the greatest podestates and grauest iudges and Presidentes of Parliament in Fraunce. 1696 tr. J. Dumont New Voy. Levant 341 The Venitians maintain a Podestat in the Island to gather the Tribute. 1741 J. Ozell tr. J. Pitton de Tournefort Voy. Levant (new ed.) II. 189 When their Podestat should arrive there, he was by way of Homage to come and kneel to the Emperor at the Door. 1800 J. Jacque tr. J. H. Lambert Syst. World p. xvi He quitted the house of de Salis, with the third son of the Podestate and one of the nephews. 1895 H. F. Brown Venice 194 Four nobles and four commoners, who should name three candidates for the Podestate, from among whom the Council were to choose their Podestè by ballot. 1918 Jrnl. Amer. Oriental Soc. 38 186 The overthrow of the consulate and the erection of the first podestate in 1190 [in Venice]. 1984 S. Reynolds Kingdoms & Communities in Western Europe (1997) 189 The podestate turned out to be too closely connected with the ruling élites, while the conflicts between rulers and ruled..turned out to be too deep for any podestà to resolve. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2006; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1589 |
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