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单词 cloture
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cloturen.

Brit. /ˈkləʊtʃə/, /ˈkləʊtjʊə/, U.S. /ˈkloʊtʃər/
Etymology: < French clôture < Old French closture < Latin claustūra , a variant of clausūra , influenced by claustrum , or by the more numerous words in -tūra : see -ure suffix1.
The French word for the action of closing, applied (among other things) to the closing of a debate in the French Assembly by will of a majority. Thence sometimes applied to the closure n. in the British House of Commons at its first proposal, and (by opponents) after its introduction in 1882.
ΘΚΠ
society > authority > rule or government > ruler or governor > deliberative, legislative, or administrative assembly > governing or legislative body of a nation or community > procedure of parliament or national assembly > [noun] > closure of debate
cloture1871
closure1882
1871 Edinb. Rev. Jan. 74 Before the establishment of the cloture in the French Chamber.
1881 Spectator 22 Jan. 108 Might not an unscrupulous party chief..use the cloture to arrest necessary discussion.
1882 Standard 11 Nov. 5/1 The spirit which finds its expression in the Cloture is identical with that which animates the Caucus.

Derivatives

cloture v. colloquial transitive and intransitive.
ΘΚΠ
society > authority > rule or government > ruler or governor > deliberative, legislative, or administrative assembly > governing or legislative body of a nation or community > procedure of parliament or national assembly > [verb (transitive)] > close debate
cloture1886
closure1887
1886 Pall Mall Gaz. 2 Sept. 7/1 To try his hand at cloturing upon the new Irish party.
1887 Shaw Lefevre in Ho. Comm. (Daily News 10 Mar. 3/3) The shutting out of all subsequent amendments to the one clotured.
1887 Col. Nolan in Ho. Comm. in Pall Mall Gaz. 24 May 11/1 You are cloturing us in order to make a Whitsun holiday.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1891; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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