单词 | areopagus |
释义 | Areopagusn. A hill at Athens where the highest judicial court of the city held its sittings; hence used for the court itself, and transferred of any important tribunal. ΘΚΠ society > law > administration of justice > judicial body, assembly, or court > [noun] > ancient Greek courts ephorism1633 Areopagus1642 ephetes1839 ephorate1841 dicastery1846 1642 E. Dering Coll. Speeches on Relig. xvi. 86 Who hath descended into this Areopagus [of polemics]? a1670 J. Hacket Scrinia Reserata (1693) ii. §159. 169 And therefore, my H. Lordships, here I have fixt my Areopagus, and dernier Resort, being not like to make any further Appeal. 1900 Daily News 28 Apr. 5/3 A permanent areopagus has been created, with fixed arbitrators, secretaries, &c. 1919 tr. Von Tirpitz's Mem. I. xvi. 249 The European ‘areopagus’ (as Bethmann called it), proposed by Grey, ought not to have been refused. 1920 Q. Rev. Apr. 475 The Commission of Reparations, whose duty it should be to become a..Rhadamanthine Areopagus. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1885; most recently modified version published online March 2019). < n.1642 |
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