circumscriptionn.

/səːkəmˈskrɪpʃən/

Etymology: < Latin circumscrīptiōn-em noun of action, < circumscrībĕre to circumscribe v. Compare French circonscription.

a. The action of circumscribing, or fact of being circumscribed; the marking out of limits (of territory, etc.); bounding, limitation, restriction, restraint; the having well-defined limits.

ΘΚΠ

society > authority > subjection > restraint or restraining > restriction or limitation > [noun]

limiting1391

moderation1429

bridlingc1443

limitation1483

confine1548

restriction1554

limit1572

prescription1604

bounding1607

circumscriptiona1616

stricture1649

stinting1656

circumscribing1660

contractiona1670

confinement1678

contracting1692

handcuff1814

the world > space > relative position > condition of being external > edge, border, or margin > boundary > [noun] > action or fact of bounding

bounding1543

buttaling1571

termination1604

circumscriptiona1616

the world > relative properties > kind or sort > individual character or quality > quality of being special or restricted in application > quality of being restricted or limited > [noun] > restriction or limitation

definitionc1386

limiting1391

moderation1429

limitation1483

restriction1554

restraint1566

limit1572

stint1593

prescription1604

stintance1605

bounding1607

confining1608

confine1609

circumscriptiona1616

definement1643

stricture1649

stinting1656

circumscribing1660

contractiona1670

confinement1678

contracting1692

narrowing1871

a1616 W. Shakespeare Othello (1622) i. ii. 27 I would not, my vnhoused free condition, Put into circumscription and confine.

1658 Sir T. Browne Garden of Cyrus i, in Hydriotaphia: Urne-buriall 92 He found no circumscription to the eye of his ambition.

1660 J. Milton Readie Way Free Commonw. (ed. 2) 65 No injurious alteration or circumscription of mens lands.

1661 S. Morgan Sphere of Gentry iv. viii. 101 His Majesties rare Moderation in bearing..the circumscription of his person.

1773 S. Johnson in J. Boswell Life Johnson (1816) II. 249 A district, through which each minister was required to extend his care, was, by that circumscription, constituted a parish.

1868 M. Pattison Suggestions Acad. Organisation §2. 32 The franchise is founded on a combination of property and territorial circumscription.

b. Encompassing (cf. circumscribe v. 1).

ΘΚΠ

the world > space > relative position > condition of being external > surrounding > [noun]

girdingc1400

umbesetting1543

environing1586

engirting1599

circumtension1603

environment1603

cincture?1615

encompassing1629

encircling1632

begirding1641

circumsession1652

circumambience1720

circumscription1858

circumjacence1884

encirclement1919

1858 W. E. Gladstone Stud. Homer I. 228 The circumscription of the known seas by the great river Ocean.

2. The fact or quality of being confined to definite limits in space, as a property of matter. (Common in 16–17th centuries; now rare or Obsolete).

ΘΚΠ

the world > existence and causation > existence > materiality > [noun] > matter or corporeal substance > state of being confined within limits in space

circumscription1550

society > faith > worship > sacrament > communion > eucharistic doctrines > presence of Christ in communion > [noun] > limitation in space

circumscription1550

1550 T. Cranmer Def. Sacrament f. 52^v Yf the nature of the Godhead were a body, it muste needes be in a place, and haue quantitee, greatnesse, and circumscription.

1561 T. Norton tr. J. Calvin Inst. Christian Relig. iv. f. 123 Christ is not conteined there by way of circumscription nor after a bodily maner.

1651 T. Hobbes Leviathan iv. xlvi. 373 The Circumscription of a thing, is nothing else but the Determination, or Defining of its Place.

1862 D. W. Simon tr. I. A. Dorner Hist. Devel. Doctr. Person Christ 2nd Division II. 200 The circumscription of the humanity of Christ, to its presence in one place.

3. concrete. Boundary, outline, periphery.

ΘΚΠ

the world > space > relative position > condition of being external > edge, border, or margin > boundary > [noun] > enclosing boundary > boundary line enclosing a surface

perimeter?a1425

outer line1530

perimetry?a1560

periphery?a1560

circumscription1578

periphere1611

peripheria1650

outline1828

1578 J. Banister Hist. Man i. f. 8^v The circumscription of this..bone Occiput.

1668 N. Culpeper & A. Cole tr. T. Bartholin Anat. (new ed.) Introd. A part is properly..that which hath a proper circumscription of its own.

1815 T. I. M. Forster Res. Atmosph. Phænom. (ed. 2) ii. 78 [A cloud] having a rounded circumscription.

1826 W. Kirby & W. Spence Introd. Entomol. III. 481 The circumscription of the nose.

1835 J. Lindley Introd. Bot. (1848) I. 261 The line representing its [the blade's] two edges [is called] the margin or circumscription.

4. A thing that circumscribes or encloses; a material surrounding or investment.

ΘΚΠ

the world > space > relative position > condition of being external > surrounding > [noun] > that which surrounds

circumscription1578

skirt1617

circumference1643

recinct1654

circumplexion1660

circumambient1682

cincture1715

cordon1792

circus1817

clasp1867

girth1871

circumcincture1884

1578 J. Banister Hist. Man viii. f. 106^v Where it [sc. ‘spinall marey’] first entreth into the Vertebres..it is endewed with no circumscription.

1645 J. Milton Tetrachordon 52 May hoppe over them more easily then over those Romulean circumscriptions.

1861 A. Beresford-Hope Eng. Cathedral of 19th Cent. ii. 46 Convolutions formed out of the substance which composed the material circumscription [of the window].

5. A circumscribed space or place; a district or region of defined limits.

ΘΚΠ

society > inhabiting and dwelling > inhabited place > district in relation to human occupation > a land or country > part of country or district > [noun]

endc893

shirec893

estrec1275

sidec1325

bounds1340

provincea1382

partc1400

landmark1550

tract1553

canton1601

neighbourhood1652

district1712

section1785

circumscription1831

location1833

block1840

strip1873

1831 Q. Rev. 45 432 These..will govern in the territorial circumscription that they embrace.

1846 G. Grote Hist. Greece I. i. xvi. 463 Town, village, or known circumscription of territory.

1877 J. Morley Crit. Misc. 2nd Ser. 194 The diocese or ecclesiastical circumscription.

6. figurative. The laying down of the limits of meaning; definition, description. In quot. 1553 perhaps ‘a compendious statement’ (Latin circumscriptio). archaic.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > mental capacity > intelligibility > meaning > explanation, exposition > an explanation, definition > [noun] > act of defining

circumscription1531

definition1645

diorism1664

1531 T. Elyot Bk. named Gouernour iii. ix. sig. biv What very fortitude is, he more plainly doth declare afterwarde, in a more larger circumscription.

1553 T. Wilson Arte of Rhetorique 111 b Circumscripcion is a briefe declaryng of a thyng, as thus, he is free that is subject to no evil.

1654 R. Whitlock Ζωοτομία 500 Drunkennesse..hath its circumscription; though some will give none but their own Fancies Test to judge one drunk by.

a1859 J. Austin Lect. Jurispr. (1879) II. xlviii. 322 Such a power or liberty of using or disposing of the subject as is not capable of exact circumscription.

7. Geometry. The act of circumscribing one figure about another; see circumscribe v. 3.

ΘΚΠ

the world > relative properties > number > geometry > shape or figure > [noun] > action upon > drawing

circumscription1570

adscription1636

traversing1690

traverse1905

1570 H. Billingsley in tr. Euclid Elements Geom. iv. Introd. f. 110 This fovrth booke intreateth of the..circumscription of rectiline figures.

1655 T. Stanley Hist. Philos. I. i. 17 Concerning the adscription of a triangle and a circle,..to include both inscription, and circumscription.

1840 D. Lardner Treat. Geom. vii. (heading) Of inscription and circumscription of figures.

a. An inscription around something, e.g. a coin, a seal, etc. (cf. circumscribe v. 4).

ΘΚΠ

society > communication > writing > written text > an inscription > [noun] > inscription around something

circumscriptiona1571

perigrapha1690

a1571 J. Jewel Viewe Seditious Bul (1582) 6 Paule is placed on the lefte side, with his Sworde:..hys circumscription,..Paule the Doctor of Gentiles.

a1640 T. Risdon Chorogr. Surv. Devon (1811) (modernized text) §294 304 The coin..the circumscription being somewhat obscure.

1874 Fraser in 4th Rep. Royal Comm. Hist. MSS 493/2 The other side of the seal is entire..and the circumscription in letters beautifully engraved, ‘Sigillum Secreti’.

b. tr. Latin circumscriptio deceit, defrauding.

ΚΠ

1875 E. Poste tr. Gaius Institutionum Iuris Civilis (ed. 2) i. 149 The circumscription of a minor..rendered the person convicted thereof infamis.

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1889; most recently modified version published online September 2021).

单词	circumscription
释义	circumscriptionn. /səːkəmˈskrɪpʃən/ Etymology: < Latin circumscrīptiōn-em noun of action, < circumscrībĕre to circumscribe v. Compare French circonscription. 1. a. The action of circumscribing, or fact of being circumscribed; the marking out of limits (of territory, etc.); bounding, limitation, restriction, restraint; the having well-defined limits. ΘΚΠ society > authority > subjection > restraint or restraining > restriction or limitation > [noun] limiting1391 moderation1429 bridlingc1443 limitation1483 confine1548 restriction1554 limit1572 prescription1604 bounding1607 circumscriptiona1616 stricture1649 stinting1656 circumscribing1660 contractiona1670 confinement1678 contracting1692 handcuff1814 the world > space > relative position > condition of being external > edge, border, or margin > boundary > [noun] > action or fact of bounding bounding1543 buttaling1571 termination1604 circumscriptiona1616 the world > relative properties > kind or sort > individual character or quality > quality of being special or restricted in application > quality of being restricted or limited > [noun] > restriction or limitation definitionc1386 limiting1391 moderation1429 limitation1483 restriction1554 restraint1566 limit1572 stint1593 prescription1604 stintance1605 bounding1607 confining1608 confine1609 circumscriptiona1616 definement1643 stricture1649 stinting1656 circumscribing1660 contractiona1670 confinement1678 contracting1692 narrowing1871 a1616 W. Shakespeare Othello (1622) i. ii. 27 I would not, my vnhoused free condition, Put into circumscription and confine. View more context for this quotation 1658 Sir T. Browne Garden of Cyrus i, in Hydriotaphia: Urne-buriall 92 He found no circumscription to the eye of his ambition. 1660 J. Milton Readie Way Free Commonw. (ed. 2) 65 No injurious alteration or circumscription of mens lands. 1661 S. Morgan Sphere of Gentry iv. viii. 101 His Majesties rare Moderation in bearing..the circumscription of his person. 1773 S. Johnson in J. Boswell Life Johnson (1816) II. 249 A district, through which each minister was required to extend his care, was, by that circumscription, constituted a parish. 1868 M. Pattison Suggestions Acad. Organisation §2. 32 The franchise is founded on a combination of property and territorial circumscription. b. Encompassing (cf. circumscribe v. 1). ΘΚΠ the world > space > relative position > condition of being external > surrounding > [noun] girdingc1400 umbesetting1543 environing1586 engirting1599 circumtension1603 environment1603 cincture?1615 encompassing1629 encircling1632 begirding1641 circumsession1652 circumambience1720 circumscription1858 circumjacence1884 encirclement1919 1858 W. E. Gladstone Stud. Homer I. 228 The circumscription of the known seas by the great river Ocean. 2. The fact or quality of being confined to definite limits in space, as a property of matter. (Common in 16–17th centuries; now rare or Obsolete). ΘΚΠ the world > existence and causation > existence > materiality > [noun] > matter or corporeal substance > state of being confined within limits in space circumscription1550 society > faith > worship > sacrament > communion > eucharistic doctrines > presence of Christ in communion > [noun] > limitation in space circumscription1550 1550 T. Cranmer Def. Sacrament f. 52^v Yf the nature of the Godhead were a body, it muste needes be in a place, and haue quantitee, greatnesse, and circumscription. 1561 T. Norton tr. J. Calvin Inst. Christian Relig. iv. f. 123 Christ is not conteined there by way of circumscription nor after a bodily maner. 1651 T. Hobbes Leviathan iv. xlvi. 373 The Circumscription of a thing, is nothing else but the Determination, or Defining of its Place. 1862 D. W. Simon tr. I. A. Dorner Hist. Devel. Doctr. Person Christ 2nd Division II. 200 The circumscription of the humanity of Christ, to its presence in one place. 3. concrete. Boundary, outline, periphery. ΘΚΠ the world > space > relative position > condition of being external > edge, border, or margin > boundary > [noun] > enclosing boundary > boundary line enclosing a surface perimeter?a1425 outer line1530 perimetry?a1560 periphery?a1560 circumscription1578 periphere1611 peripheria1650 outline1828 1578 J. Banister Hist. Man i. f. 8^v The circumscription of this..bone Occiput. 1668 N. Culpeper & A. Cole tr. T. Bartholin Anat. (new ed.) Introd. A part is properly..that which hath a proper circumscription of its own. 1815 T. I. M. Forster Res. Atmosph. Phænom. (ed. 2) ii. 78 [A cloud] having a rounded circumscription. 1826 W. Kirby & W. Spence Introd. Entomol. III. 481 The circumscription of the nose. 1835 J. Lindley Introd. Bot. (1848) I. 261 The line representing its [the blade's] two edges [is called] the margin or circumscription. 4. A thing that circumscribes or encloses; a material surrounding or investment. ΘΚΠ the world > space > relative position > condition of being external > surrounding > [noun] > that which surrounds circumscription1578 skirt1617 circumference1643 recinct1654 circumplexion1660 circumambient1682 cincture1715 cordon1792 circus1817 clasp1867 girth1871 circumcincture1884 1578 J. Banister Hist. Man viii. f. 106^v Where it [sc. ‘spinall marey’] first entreth into the Vertebres..it is endewed with no circumscription. 1645 J. Milton Tetrachordon 52 May hoppe over them more easily then over those Romulean circumscriptions. 1861 A. Beresford-Hope Eng. Cathedral of 19th Cent. ii. 46 Convolutions formed out of the substance which composed the material circumscription [of the window]. 5. A circumscribed space or place; a district or region of defined limits. ΘΚΠ society > inhabiting and dwelling > inhabited place > district in relation to human occupation > a land or country > part of country or district > [noun] endc893 shirec893 estrec1275 sidec1325 bounds1340 provincea1382 partc1400 landmark1550 tract1553 canton1601 neighbourhood1652 district1712 section1785 circumscription1831 location1833 block1840 strip1873 1831 Q. Rev. 45 432 These..will govern in the territorial circumscription that they embrace. 1846 G. Grote Hist. Greece I. i. xvi. 463 Town, village, or known circumscription of territory. 1877 J. Morley Crit. Misc. 2nd Ser. 194 The diocese or ecclesiastical circumscription. 6. figurative. The laying down of the limits of meaning; definition, description. In quot. 1553 perhaps ‘a compendious statement’ (Latin circumscriptio). archaic. ΘΚΠ the mind > mental capacity > intelligibility > meaning > explanation, exposition > an explanation, definition > [noun] > act of defining circumscription1531 definition1645 diorism1664 1531 T. Elyot Bk. named Gouernour iii. ix. sig. biv What very fortitude is, he more plainly doth declare afterwarde, in a more larger circumscription. 1553 T. Wilson Arte of Rhetorique 111 b Circumscripcion is a briefe declaryng of a thyng, as thus, he is free that is subject to no evil. 1654 R. Whitlock Ζωοτομία 500 Drunkennesse..hath its circumscription; though some will give none but their own Fancies Test to judge one drunk by. a1859 J. Austin Lect. Jurispr. (1879) II. xlviii. 322 Such a power or liberty of using or disposing of the subject as is not capable of exact circumscription. 7. Geometry. The act of circumscribing one figure about another; see circumscribe v. 3. ΘΚΠ the world > relative properties > number > geometry > shape or figure > [noun] > action upon > drawing circumscription1570 adscription1636 traversing1690 traverse1905 1570 H. Billingsley in tr. Euclid Elements Geom. iv. Introd. f. 110 This fovrth booke intreateth of the..circumscription of rectiline figures. 1655 T. Stanley Hist. Philos. I. i. 17 Concerning the adscription of a triangle and a circle,..to include both inscription, and circumscription. 1840 D. Lardner Treat. Geom. vii. (heading) Of inscription and circumscription of figures. 8. a. An inscription around something, e.g. a coin, a seal, etc. (cf. circumscribe v. 4). ΘΚΠ society > communication > writing > written text > an inscription > [noun] > inscription around something circumscriptiona1571 perigrapha1690 a1571 J. Jewel Viewe Seditious Bul (1582) 6 Paule is placed on the lefte side, with his Sworde:..hys circumscription,..Paule the Doctor of Gentiles. a1640 T. Risdon Chorogr. Surv. Devon (1811) (modernized text) §294 304 The coin..the circumscription being somewhat obscure. 1874 Fraser in 4th Rep. Royal Comm. Hist. MSS 493/2 The other side of the seal is entire..and the circumscription in letters beautifully engraved, ‘Sigillum Secreti’. b. tr. Latin circumscriptio deceit, defrauding. ΚΠ 1875 E. Poste tr. Gaius Institutionum Iuris Civilis (ed. 2) i. 149 The circumscription of a minor..rendered the person convicted thereof infamis. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1889; most recently modified version published online September 2021). < n.1531
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