单词 | reading clerk |
释义 | > as lemmasreading clerk reading clerk n. (British) one of the clerks to the House of Lords; (U.S.) a clerk who reads out and presents bills and other notices in a legislative assembly. ΘΚΠ society > authority > rule or government > ruler or governor > deliberative, legislative, or administrative assembly > governing or legislative body of a nation or community > English or British parliament > [noun] > officials sergeant-at-arms1377 receivera1650 reading clerk1670 1670 G. Sheldon Act Parl. against Relig. Meetings 7 The Reading Clerk of every Parish, or the Publick Cryers, may do all that our Arch. requires, as well as the ablest and most Learned Minister. 1769 Act 9 Geo. III c. 35 in Statutes at Large (1771) X. 615 From and after the passing of this Act, the said Clerk Assistant and the said Reading Clerk of the House of Peers..shall and may respectively send and receive Letters free from the Duty of Postage. 1788 Miss Rose in G. Rose Diaries (1860) I. 96 My brother William, then reading Clerk, came to us as soon as the House adjourned. 1817 Parl. Deb. 1st Ser. 16 The Lords were obliged to send this message by their Clerk-Assistant, and their Reading-Clerk. 1865 N.Y. Daily Tribune 1 Feb. 1/1 The roll is called over by the Reading Clerk, but the count has already been declared in whispers through the House—57 ayes, 111 noes. 1884 E. Yates Recoll. & Experiences I. ii. 66 Slingsby, who is reading-clerk in the House of Lords. 2002 New Yorker 18 Nov. 42/1 After the House passes a bill, it is the duty of the Reading Clerk to carry it across the Capital Building and formally present it to the Senate. < as lemmas |
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