单词 | presentor |
释义 | presentorn. 1. ΘΚΠ society > law > administration of justice > court proceedings or procedure > [noun] > action of laying something before court > one who presentorc1436 presenterc1503 c1436 Domesday Ipswich (BL Add. 25011) in T. Twiss Black Bk. Admiralty (1873) II. 131 (MED) The purprestures presentyd in the same toun shul ben redressed and amendyd be sighte of the ballyves and of the hed boroughes presentoures [Fr. presentours]. 1532–3 Act 24 Hen. VIII c. 10 The stewarde with two of the presentours shall assesse..suche amerciament to them shall seeme reasonable. 1592 in Vicary's Anat. Bodie of Man (1888) App. xv. 277 Thone halfe [of the fine] to the comon chamber, and thother halfe to the presentor. 1614 J. Selden Titles of Honor 270 Ouer euery Hundred is written (before the Iurors) Alder. Iuratorum with a name prefixt, then Electores Iuratorum with two names, and next the Presentors. b. Ecclesiastical Law. A person who presents or has the right to present someone to a benefice; = presenter n. 3b. rare. ΘΚΠ society > faith > worship > benefice > advowson > [noun] > one who has patronc1300 presentorc1455 presenter1544 collator1612 c1455 Regiam Majestatem c. 46 Gif he [sc. a bondsman] be ordanit nocht witand his lord na his ordinatour na ȝit his presentour [1609 Skene him quha presents him]..he that [etc.]. 1865 F. M. Nichols tr. Britton II. 193 If..the presentor pending the presentation dies [Fr. iv. iv. §13 Si..pendaunt le presentement, moerge le presentour]. 1904 A. F. Pollard Cranmer vii. 195 The sale of benefices was to be punished by deprivation of the presentee, and by forfeiture of the presentor's patronage. 2. gen. A person who shows, introduces, or hands over something; a person who gives a gift or presentation.In quot. 1597: a sponsor. ΚΠ 1443 in H. Nicolas Proc. & Ordinances Privy Council (1835) V. 326 (MED) Beseching yow of your gracious lordshipes benyngnely to accepte James Aleyne, knight, presentour of our saide writyng to our saide soveraigne lord. 1597 R. Hooker Of Lawes Eccl. Politie v. lxiv. 156 It is the Church which doth offer them to baptisme by the ministerie of presentors. 1615 T. Heywood Foure Prentises sig. A3v Drammatis Personae... A Chorus, or Presentor. 1679 T. Jordan London in Luster (title page) Dignified With divers delightful Varieties of Presentors, with Speeches, Songs, and Actions, properly and punctually described. 1734 A. Young Hist. Diss. on Idolatrous Corruptions in Relig. I. vi. 316 Their Presents..being preserv'd in the Temple..in honour to the Memory of the Presentors. 1790 P. Thicknesse Mem. & Anecd. 299 Somebody made him a present of a little penny toy,..representing a Lion or a Horse,..but..he urged the presentor to change it, if there could be found..an Angel with a Trumpet. 1838 Times 23 Oct. 5/6 When a petition was sent to the House of Commons, it was the custom for the presentor to address the house in support of its prayer. 1853 Trans. Michigan Agric. Soc. 4 155 The presentor is firmly of the belief that the yield would have been fully one hundred bushels more per acre, had it not been for the unprecedented drought. 1901 Science Aug. 334/1 The presentor reads a sketch of the candidate's academic life, and an outline of..his thesis, after which any member of the faculty may make enquiries of the candidate or the presentor. 2001 Proc. & Addr. Amer. Philos. Assoc. 74 90 The main presentors in that program and the titles of their presentations were as follows. ΚΠ 1882 Pall Mall Gaz. 28 June 10/1 A silver-gilt presentor, formed as an infant Bacchus on a barrel, 9½ in. high, 290 guineas. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2007; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.c1436 |
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