单词 | dition |
释义 | † ditionn. Obsolete. 1. Rule, sway, jurisdiction, command. ΘΚΠ society > authority > rule or government > [noun] onwaldeOE wissingc1000 governc1300 shield1338 governaila1382 governancec1384 hierarchy1390 regimenta1393 rulea1393 rulec1405 governationc1410 leadingc1430 governmentc1450 gubernance1455 domination1490 moderation1526 governancy1540 ditiona1552 ruledom1553 rectory1572 sway1586 diocese1596 raj1857 a1552 J. Leland Itinerary (1710) I. 59 Northalvertonshir is holely of the Dition of the Bishop of Duresme. 1633 Bp. J. Hall Plaine Explic. Hard Texts ii. 72 Under the Roman dition and jurisdiction. 1654 R. Vilvain tr. Enchiridium Epigr. v. vi Cambry twelv Shires contains under one dition. 2. The country or region under any particular rule; a dominion, empire. ΘΚΠ society > authority > rule or government > territorial jurisdiction or areas subject to > [noun] > territory governed by a ruler or state demesnea1387 principalitya1398 territory?a1439 dominationc1440 statea1500 dominion1512 dition1542 heretochy1587 domain1601 sovereignty1715 possession1797 daimiote1870 ealdormanry1870 1542 N. Udall tr. Erasmus Apophthegmes f. 256 A dicion or royalme descended and come to his possession. 1545 G. Joye Expos. Daniel (iv.) f. 61v Caste oute of their dicions empyres and realmes. 1685 H. More Paralipomena Prophetica 64 Herodes Palaestinus..was banished beyond the Alpes, and part of his Dition laid to the Publick. 3. Used by T. Adams apparently in sense ‘enrichment, resources’: perhaps by confusion with ditation n., and with play on addition, condition. ΚΠ 1615 T. Adams Blacke Devill 25 A mutinous rebell, vires acquirit eundo, he still enlargeth his owne Dition. 1633 T. Adams Comm. 2 Peter (i. 11) 236 Rich men scorne to be beggars, their dition admits no such condition. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1897; most recently modified version published online March 2021). < |
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