| 单词 | self-constituted | 
| 释义 | > as lemmasself-constituted   self-constituted adj.  Brit.  , U.S.   (of an institution, body, etc.) established or created by its members, without reference to external authority; (of a person) that has assumed the specified position or role without authority or endorsement.In quot. 1657: (of the condition of Christhood) assumed without the authority of doctrine or the Gospel.ΚΠ 1657    C. Wade Quakery Slain 26  				They do destroy totally their self-constituted, perfect, holy Christhood, by their thereby acknowledging, that they have sin in them. 1769    T. Smollett Hist. & Adventures of Atom I. 104  				There was one Taycho, who had raised himself to great consideration in this self-constituted college of the mob. 1819    W. Scott Bride of Lammermoor viii, in  Tales of my Landlord 3rd Ser. I. 245  				The old gentleman, his self-constituted companion. 1848    J. D. Bligh Let. 13 Apr. in  M. Mösslang et al.  Brit. Envoys Germany 		(2006)	 III. 230  				The complete success of the self-constituted Parliament at Frankfurt. 1911    Everybody's Mag. Jan. 123/1  				Now and then one will hear a self-constituted authority on public dramatic taste..declare that the time is ripe for a costume drama. 2012    Business Day 		(S. Afr.)	 		(Nexis)	 7 Nov.  				Tax practitioners in SA largely relied on regulation by self-constituted professional bodies and not by law. < as lemmas  | 
	
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