| 单词 | witch act |
| 释义 | > as lemmaswitch act witch act n. now historical any of various Acts of Parliament relating to witchcraft; = witchcraft act n. ΚΠ 1753 World 23 Aug. 203 But it is the repeal of an act of parliament, and not the act itself, that I am now about to complain of. The act I mean is the Witch Act. 1889 Academy 16 Mar. 190/1 The Witch Act became law in 1604; and between 1603 and 1680 the number of the victims of this superstition far exceeded that of the sufferers under that of the sufferers under the Holy Office in an equal space of time. 1992 J. S. Cooper-Forst To rend & teare Bodies of Men (Ph.D. diss., Univ. New Hampsh.) 83 After ascending the throne of England as James I in 1603, he..within a year pressed Parliament into passing a ‘witch act’ that became known as the Statute of 1604. < as lemmas |
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