单词 | state paper |
释义 | > as lemmasstate paper state paper n. an official document in which some matter concerning a government or nation is published or expounded; also in extended use.In quot. 1649 as a mass noun. ΘΚΠ society > authority > rule or government > ruler or governor > a or the government > state, government, or parliamentary papers > [noun] papers1612 paper1646 state paper1649 1649 Mercurius Pragmaticus No. 35 sig. Mm4 They may keepe their mock-Acts to wipe —— withall, the time drawes neere when the whole Kingdome will make no better use of State Paper. 1700 F. Atterbury Rights Eng. Convocation vii. 274 The way of Wording these State-Papers is a matter of great Weight. 1740 S. Haynes (title) A collection of state papers. 1849 T. B. Macaulay Hist. Eng. I. ii. 172 No man wrote abler state papers. 1917 Christian Reg. (Boston) 25 Jan. 77/1 Mr. Wilson's utterance was greeted in the lobbies of the Senate and in the press of the country as a state paper of the first importance. 2002 A. N. Wilson Victorians xliii. 615 She continued to be punctilious about..reading the boxes of state papers sent down by ministers. < as lemmas |
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