| 单词 | rump parliament |
| 释义 | > as lemmasRump Parliament Rump Parliament n. the remaining part of the Long Parliament, esp. in its second formation of 1659–60 (see sense 4b) (now historical); (later also in extended use, frequently without capital initials) any parliamentary body resembling this. 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] > a particular English or British parliament > specific great Parliamentc1450 Good Parliament1580 addle parliament1614 giunto1641 junto1641 Unlearned Parliament1643 Long Parliament1646 rump?1653 Short Parliament1653 lay Parliament1655 Barebone's Parliament1657 Rump Parliament1659 Little Parliamenta1675 Long Parliament1678 Pensioner Parliament1678 Pensioned Parliament1681 Bluestocking Parliamenta1683 Pension Parliament1682 Pensionary Parliament1690 marvellous Parliament?1706 rumple1725 lack-learning Parliament1765 unreported Parliament1839 Cavalier Parliament1849 Addled Parliament1857 merciless Parliament1875 wonderful Parliament1878 nominated Parliament1898 1659 A. Brome (title) Ratts Rhimed to Death. Or, the Rump-Parliament Hang'd up in the shambles. 1725 B. Higgons Hist. & Crit. Remarks Burnet's Hist. 100 His [sc. Monk's] Address..in perswading the Rump Parliament to dislodge the disaffected Troops at London. 1797 F. M. Eden State of Poor I. i. ii. 173 The repeated complaints and convincing statements..induced the Rump Parliament..to pass the celebrated Navigation Act. 1838 New Yorker 17 Feb. 764/1 What prevents Congress from declaring itself perpetual—a rump Parliament? 1845 T. Carlyle in O. Cromwell Lett. & Speeches II. 181 Such was the destructive wrath of my Lord General Cromwell against the Nominal Rump Parliament of England. 1908 H. C. Shelley Untrodden Eng. Ways iv. 64 When the Rump Parliament demanded his [sc. Richard Cromwell's] resignation his essential weakness of character was revealed in his quiet acceptance. 1976 New Yorker 22 Mar. 98/2 Krishnan Kant recently made an..indictment..in what could properly be called the rump Parliament, inasmuch as so many of both its opposition and its Congress members have been jailed. 2004 New Yorker 17 May 71/1 Iraqis from all sectors of society gathering..to choose an advisory body, or rump parliament. < as lemmas |
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