| 释义 |
seceding, ppl. a.|sɪˈsiːdɪŋ|
[f. secede v. + -ing2.]
That secedes; occas. † belonging to the Secession Church.
1757Smollett Hist. Eng. (1760) XI. 54 The seceding members had again resumed their seats in the house of commons. 1758A. Gellatly Some Observ. To Rdr. 2 The seceding (or associate) Ministers thought [etc.]. 1868G. Duff Polit. Surv. (1868) 121 Reconstruction is readmission of the seceding States to political communion. 1886Gladstone in Morley Life ix. vii. (1903) III. 322 Will the seceding colleagues come if they are asked? |