单词 | unparliament |
释义 | † unparliamentv. Obsolete. transitive. To remove or undermine the authority of (Parliament or a parliament). Also: to destroy the parliamentary status or character of. ΘΚΠ society > authority > rule or government > ruler or governor > deliberative, legislative, or administrative assembly > chair (an assembly) [verb (transitive)] > deprive of status of parliament unparliament1644 1644 W. Prynne Full Reply Observ. Prynnes Twelve Questions 8 Will any Parliament, State, or Nation, (thinke you) suffer such a Government to take root among them, which will un-King, un-Parliament, un-church, un-Nation them altogether. 1648 E. Symmons Vindic. King Charles (new ed.) 382 They were once a true Parliament.., but now they swarm so much in evils..that they have plainly un-parliamented themselves. 1693 J. Tyrrell Bibliotheca Politica (1694) vi. 422 If this were no true Parliament, because Simon Mountford had then the King and Prince in his power; This would likewise serve to unparliament that of the 49th of this King. 1789 Death & Dissection Mrs. Regency 33 A Grenville Peer..Play'd Fox a cunning, sly, and slipp'ry trick, And made the King unparliament us all. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2014; most recently modified version published online September 2018). < v.1644 |
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