单词 | prelimitation |
释义 | prelimitationn. Originally and chiefly Scottish. Now historical and rare. The action of limiting beforehand; an instance of this. ΘΚΠ society > authority > subjection > restraint or restraining > restriction or limitation > [noun] > beforehand prelimitation1638 predeterminationc1650 prelimiting1652 the world > relative properties > kind or sort > individual character or quality > quality of being special or restricted in application > quality of being restricted or limited > [noun] > restriction or limitation > beforehand prelimitation1638 predeterminationc1650 prelimiting1652 1638 Protestation Gen. Assemblie Church Scotl. sig. A2v Such prelimitations, as did both destroy the freedome of an Assemblie, and could no wayes cure the present diseases of this Church. c1650 J. Row & J. Row Hist. Kirk Scotl. (1842) 35 To prepare maters for the Assemblie ensueing.., without prejudice or prælimitation of the Assemblie alwayes. 1661 R. L'Estrange Interest Mistaken 15 The Royal Party press'd for a Free Choice and Convention, without Prelimitation. a1700 A. Shields Church-communion (1706) 70 As for prelimitations, we know none offered nor submitted to. 1754 A. Stevenson Hist. Church & State Scotl. II. 386 They..gave reasons against the prelimitation of a free general assembly. 1923 W. C. Mackenzie Life & Times of John Maitland 437 Many prelimitations were used at the elections; and the lieges had been menaced and frightened by the bonds and lawburrows. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2007; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1638 |
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