单词 | provisorium |
释义 | provisoriumn. Chiefly in the context of German politics: a provisional or interim measure or condition; a temporary solution. ΘΚΠ the world > time > duration > shortness or brevity in time > [noun] > quality of being temporary or provisional > temporary or provisional arrangement interim1558 provisorium1850 1850 Times 21 May 6/2 The constitution of the Bund could not be immediately carried out, and it had, therefore, become necessary to form a ‘provisorium’ for the Union. 1867 Times 23 Jan. 10/1 A prorogation would be equally necessitated by the establishment of a provisorium in case the efforts to being about an agreement should prove unsuccessful. 1928 P. P. Reinhold Econ., Financial & Polit. State Germany ii. 37 As this proposal met with a brusque rejection, he suggested a provisorium. 1957 Listener 28 Nov. 867/1 Since it has not been possible to reach such understandings subsequently..the provisorium flowing from these circumstances has endured. 1997 Swiss Rev. World Affairs (Nexis) 1 Oct. An effort was made to provide an answer to the ‘German question’ via the complex detour of establishing a stable provisorium..which was permanently integrated into the circle of Western democracies. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2007; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1850 |
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