单词 | abolitional |
释义 | abolitionaladj. Now rare. Of or relating to the abolition of the slave trade or slavery. ΚΠ 1836 Times 30 Mar. 5/4 On the motion of Sir G. Grey, the Slavery Abolitional (Jamaica) Bill went through committee, and the report was ordered to be received this day. 1846 S. F. Smith Theatr. Apprenticeship 30 Of course we could not encourage him in such abolitional ideas. 1852 E. Sullivan Rambles & Scrambles N. & S. Amer. xiii. 263 The abolitional propensities of the slave-hating British lion. 1910 Encycl. Brit. III. 217/1 In 1847 he assumed control of the new abolitional organ, the National Era. 1958 W. H. Manning & E. A. Manning Our Kin 309 The ‘Knoxville Whig’... This paper was very bitter against the South. Its politics were strictly abolitional and consequently was one of the main organs of the Republican Party. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2009; most recently modified version published online December 2021). < |
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