| 单词 | civil lord |
| 释义 | > as lemmasCivil Lord Civil Lord n. (a) (chiefly in plural) (the title of) a secular member of the House of Lords; (b) (the title of) a civilian member of the Admiralty Board (formerly the Board of Admiralty); cf. naval lord n. at naval adj. and n. Compounds, lord n. 12. ΚΠ ?1546 tr. M. Luther Last Wil & Last Confession Faith sig. dviv Thei be not nor wil not be right true bisshops but rather temporal & ciuil lordes & rulers. 1700 R. Brady Contin. Compl. Hist. Eng. 459 None is a Civil Lord, none is a Bishop, none is a Prelate, while he is guilty of Mortal Sin. 1816 Hansard's Parl. Deb. 1st Ser. 27 Mar. 640/2 These civil lords were nothing but sinecure placemen, though their names now and then might..garnish a report. 1943 J. F. O'Sullivan & J. F. Burns Medieval Europe xi. 214 Bishops championed human rights against violation by civil lords. 1992 Times (Nexis) 26 June I was Civil Lord of the Admiralty when the Polaris agreement was reached. < as lemmas |
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