| 单词 | trial by combat |
| 释义 | > as lemmastrial by combat a. An encounter or fight between two armed persons (parties, animals, etc.), a duel; spec. as in trial by combat, a duel allowed by law for the formal decision of a cause or dispute; = battle n. 2.[Britton (1292) has combattre, but instead of combat, bataille appears: cf. battle n. 2 ] ΘΚΠ society > armed hostility > armed encounter > [noun] > single combat or duel handplayeOE deraignc1300 battlea1400 duellation1502 two-hand battlec1503 combat1567 push of pick1578 monomachy1582 combacy1586 hand fight1587 duel1589 rencounter1590 single fight1598 field meeting1603 camp-fight1605 duello1606 judicial combat1610 fight of stand?1611 stand-fight?1611 business1612 monomachia1624 single combat1625 single field1630 duelliona1637 rencontrea1722 affair of honour1737 meeting1813 holmgang1847 mensur1848 duomachy1885 society > law > administration of justice > court proceedings or procedure > trying or hearing of cause > [noun] > trial > trial by combat judgementc1300 duelc1475 combat1567 duellum1596 trial1597 duel-trial1631 1567 G. Turberville Epitaphes, Epigrams f. 48v Then the fiercest fight of all and combat did arise. 1569 R. Grafton Chron. II. 346 A battaile or Combate done and holden in the Kings Palayce at Westminster, betwene one called Garcon Appellaunt, and Sir John Anslye Knight Defendaunt. 1569 R. Grafton Chron. II. 396 The Duke of Norffolk affirmed constantly hys tale to be true, and refused not the Combate. 1590 E. Spenser Faerie Queene i. iv. sig. D6 His cause in combat the next day to try. 1617 J. Minsheu Ἡγεμὼν είς τὰς γλῶσσας: Ductor in Linguas Combat in our Common Law is taken for a formall triall of a doubtfull cause or quarrell by the sword or bastons, of two champions. 1667 J. Milton Paradise Lost i. 766 Where Champions bold..Defi'd the best of Panim chivalry To mortal combat . View more context for this quotation 1827 W. Scott Tales of Grandfather (1841) 1st Ser. xvii. 57/1 That the difference should be decided by a combat of thirty men of the Clan Chattan, against the same number of the Clan Kay. 1828 W. Scott Fair Maid of Perth ix, in Chron. Canongate 2nd Ser. II. 265 It seemed..most desirable that the combat should be a strife of extermination. 1857 H. T. Buckle Hist. Civilisation Eng. I. vi. 294 Orlando..challenged him to mortal combat. < as lemmas |
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