单词 | responsion |
释义 | responsionn. 1. A sum of money owed; esp. an annual payment required from the military orders of knights. Now historical. ΘΚΠ society > trade and finance > fees and taxes > impost, due, or tax > [noun] yieldc950 tollc1000 tolne1023 mailOE lotlOE ransomc1325 tail1340 pensiona1387 contribution1387 scat gild14.. due1423 responsionc1447 impositionc1460 devoirs1503 excisea1513 toloney1517 impost1569 cast1597 levy1640 responde1645 reprise1818 c1447 in Lincs. Notes & Queries (1921) 16 197 (MED) Ye have payyd thre responcions with thys yere present; the First responsion ye payyd after the tente as For Tempyll brewere, Wylughtonne and Maltby. c1470 in H. Ellis Orig. Lett. Eng. Hist. (1827) 2nd Ser. I. 143 A Lumbard..shalbe bounde..in the said somme, to be paied..to such as the saide Bisshopp..wol assigne to receyve the same, be it for the responsion of the Commandeur of Torfischyn. 1480 Acta Dom. Conc. (1839) 50 Þe soume of vjxx pund, of þe Responsioune of þe said Trestramys landis, aucht to our souuerain lorde. 1540 Act 32 Hen. VIII c. 24 Commanderies, preceptories, contribucions, responsions, rentes..which appertained..to the priours. 1677 E. Coles Eng. Dict. (new ed.) Responsions, certain accounts made to the Knights of St. John of Jerusalem. 1791 J. Collinson Hist. & Antiq. Somerset III. 97 The provision for these sisters was at first thirty-eight marks, to be allowed to the preceptor of Buckland in his yearly account of responsions. 1830 A. Sutherland Achievements of Knights of Malta (1846) I. x. 185 The Grandmaster conceived it his duty to call upon those commanders who had not paid up their responsions, to remit them without delay. 1871 W. Porter Malta & its Knights viii. 235 The expenditure of the general treasury in pensions, bribes, &c., was £1389 2s. 4d., leaving a balance for the payment of responsions of £2304 15s. 2d. 1920 R. Cohen Knights of Malta iii. 39 They paid their quota or ‘responsions’ biennially, and were subject to inspection from their Grand Priors. 1987 Eng. Hist. Rev. 102 710 The Scottish preceptory..paid distinct responsions to the convent at Rhodes. 2. An answer or reply; a response. Also as a mass noun. Now rare. ΘΚΠ the mind > attention and judgement > answer > [noun] > an answer, response answerOE response?a1400 replication1414 recorda1450 responsal?a1475 responsion?a1475 repliquec1475 responsivec1487 replyal1548 replica?1552 reply1560 avoure1596 interlocution1597 respond1600 responsum1610 returna1616 respondency1617 reasona1635 ?a1475 Ludus Coventriae (1922) 355 I, Prest of the lave, of this demaunde responcyon I aske here anon: ys there ony renogat amonge vs fer as ye knawe? c1503 R. Arnold Chron. f. iijv/1 By ony responcions or peticions of them in parlement. 1509 S. Hawes Pastime of Pleasure (1928) xi. 45 Seuen sophyms..Thys Ydre vsed..Unto the people, and was full rygoryous To deuoure them, where lacked responcyon. 1555 W. Waterman tr. J. Boemus Fardle of Facions Pref. 13 By obscure and doubtfully attempred Responcions, and voices of spirites. 1656 S. Holland Don Zara iii. iv. 176 To the first he yielded a ready responsion, but to the other he answered in very obscure terms. 1677 T. Gale Court of Gentiles: Pt. III iii. 99 To confer among themselves by Questions and Responsions or Answers. 1780 T. Sheridan Gen. Dict. Eng. Lang. II Responsion, the act of answering. 1827 J. Bentham Rationale Judicial Evid. II. iii. i. 10 Fourth point—responsion performed in the presence of the judge. 1880 Cent. Mag. 19 294 Everywhere in nature, Whitman finds human relations, human responsions. 1901 Trans. & Proc. Amer. Philol. Assoc. 32 p. x The disuse of strophical responsion and of the paroemiac close is now explained by Leo as corresponding to an actual development in later Greek chorus music. 1989 G. Steiner Real Presences i. iv. 17 It is true..where they incorporate, quote, distort, fragment or transmute motifs, passages,..from another painting or sculpture into their own. It is these vitalizing responsions which our citizens of the immediate will look for. 3. In plural. Oxford University. With capital initial. The first of three examinations required to be passed by candidates for the degree of Bachelor of Arts. Now historical.Responsions were ended by statute in 1960. ΘΚΠ society > education > educational administration > examination > [noun] > university examinations fellowship examination1787 collections1799 responsions1810 response1813 little go1816 great go1820 Previous Examination1824 school1826 smalls1836 senate-house examination1837 tripos1842 honours examination1851 biennial1853 great1854 moderations1857 Mods1858 professional1890 Trip1909 previous1950 1810 New Pocket Compan. Oxf. (new ed.) 143 Responsions must be performed from the sixth to the ninth Term inclusive, when the Examination is in the Classics, Logic, and the Elements of Euclid. 1845 W. Gresley Frank's First Trip 2 He had just come home from Oxford after having..passed his responsions. 1881 Truth 6 Oct. 443 The new examination in lieu of responsions at Oxford, which has just been instituted. 1927 Amer. Mercury Feb. 232/1 Under it every candidate, in order to be eligible, must acquit himself of Responsions (the entrance examinations to Oxford). 1959 Times 3 June 8/1 Congregation to-day executed a graceful about-turn on the question of retaining the classical languages as compulsory subjects for candidates taking Responsions. 1993 Independent (Nexis) 12 Jan. 25 Her education..left her ill-prepared for Responsions at Oxford, and she passed this examination only at the third attempt. 4. = respondency n. 4. Now historical. ΘΚΠ the mind > attention and judgement > testing > debate, disputation, argument > academic or public disputation > [noun] oppositionc1451 schoolsc1475 parvis1496 debatec1500 parley1577 probleming1657 tilt1709 responsion1841 1841 G. Peacock Observ. Statutes Univ. Cambr. 9 When they had kept two responsions..under the regency of a master of arts..they were presented..as candidates for admission. 1930 E. Easton Roger Williams iv. 100 Two opponencies and two responsions..were necessary for the degree of A.B. 1986 J. McConica Hist. Univ. Oxf. III. iv. 191 The vague Edwardian statutes seem to require one opposition and two responsions. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2010; most recently modified version published online June 2022). < n.c1447 |
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