| 单词 | to do austins |
| 释义 | > as lemmasto do Austins 2. In plural = Austin disputations n. at sense B. 2. Esp. in to do Austins. ΚΠ 1655 A. Wood Life & Times (1891) I. 197 He soon after appointed A. W. his collector in Austins. 1688 J. Wilding in C. R. L. Fletcher Collectanea (1885) I. 266 For doing of Austins. 1714 J. Ayliffe Antient & Present State Univ. Oxf. II. iii. i. 125 If these two Days are not enough for these Disputations, the Congregation may dispense with the same on any other Day, on a Certificate..that every one of the said Days appointed for Austins is already taken up. 1831 T. Vaughan Legality Present Academical Syst. Univ. Oxf. 13 By putting an end to ‘doing Austins’, it must be admitted, that no small injury was done to the fair fame of the Augustinian Friars. 1912 R. S. Rait Life in Medieval Univ. viii. 149 These disputations, which were held at the Augustinian Convent, came to be known as ‘doing Austins’. 1986 L. S. Sutherland in L. S. Sutherland & L. G. Mitchell Hist. Univ. Oxf. V. xv. 482 ‘Austins’ were, as has been said, held to be better conducted than other public disputations. < as lemmas |
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