单词 | proroguing |
释义 | proroguingn. The action of prorogue v. (in various senses); (occasionally) an instance of this. ΘΚΠ society > authority > rule or government > ruler or governor > deliberative, legislative, or administrative assembly > governing or legislative body of a nation or community > procedure of parliament or national assembly > [noun] > prorogation prorogation1472 proroguing1537 1537 Sir T. Wyatt Let. in Eng. Stud. 58 (1977) 404 The retorning to the purpos of the councell..the proroging theroff to the spryng. 1581 in W. H. Turner Select. Rec. Oxf. (1880) 417 A proclamacion for the prorogyne of the Parliament. 1629 L. Andrewes XCVI. Serms. (ed. 2) vi. 954 To have their treason kept in, so many proroguings of the Parliament. 1681 S. Pordage tr. T. Willis Ess. Pathol. Brain viii. 56 When I could contribute nothing to the proroguing of Life, i endeavourd what I could, to finde out from her Death, the knowledge of the aforesaid disease. 1790 Times 5 Oct. 4/3 The proroguing of Parliament to a distant day is understood as an indication of approaching hostilities. 1823–4 Miss Hart Lett. Bahama Islands (1827) xi. 107 Yesterday I attended the proroguing of the House of Assembly. 1870 Times 28 Sept. 5/3 Herr Rechbauer moved that the debate..should be postponed until the House had come to a decision on his..proposal for the proroguing of the session. 1937 G. Frankau More of Us vi. 69 This house of lords seemed ripe for his proroguing. 1995 Weekend Austral. (Nexis) 4 Nov. With a five or six-week campaign, a proroguing of Parliament would lead to an election on March 2 or 9. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2007; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1537 |
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