单词 | cabildo |
释义 | cabildon. 1. A town hall or town council. ΘΚΠ society > authority > rule or government > ruler or governor > deliberative, legislative, or administrative assembly > local government body > [noun] > town or borough council > in Italy or Latin America cabildo1824 municipio1884 society > authority > rule or government > ruler or governor > deliberative, legislative, or administrative assembly > local government body > [noun] > local government offices > town-hall > in Italy or Latin America cabildo1824 1824 J. R. Poinsett Notes on Mexico (1825) iv. 53 Opposite to it stands the cabildo, or town house. 1824 J. R. Poinsett Notes on Mexico (1825) x. 156 The ayuntamientos, or cabildos, were, and still are, an important branch of the government of Spanish America. 1934 A. Huxley Beyond Mexique Bay 140 The little plaza between the church and the cabildo, or municipality. 1960 H. S. Ferns Brit. & Argentine i. 29 All purchases..would be at moderate prices fixed by the cabildo or municipal government. 2. (Usually with capital initial.) The chapterhouse of a cathedral or collegiate church, or the chapter itself. ΘΚΠ society > faith > artefacts > division of building (general) > other parts > [noun] > chapter house chapter-housea1122 cabildo1880 society > faith > church government > council > chapter > [noun] capitleOE chapitle1297 choirc1300 chapter1491 close1570 cabildo1924 1880 G. W. Cable Grandissimes xli. 320 He saw his clerks..standing idle and shabby in the arcade of the Cabildo. 1924 L. Hearn Amer. Misc. lxviii I wish to thank those who did this service for me..at the Cabildo, in New Orleans. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1972; most recently modified version published online March 2021). < |
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