单词 | easter book |
释义 | > as lemmasEaster book Easter book n. now historical an account book for recording Easter dues. ΚΠ 1534 King Henry VIII in J. Bacon Liber Regis (1786) p. vi [They shall] also se and veu such regesters, boks of accoumpt, Ester boks, and all other writings. 1642 T. Fuller Holy State iii. xxv. 229 Necessity will..make him study his Easter-book more then all other Writers. 1775 Philos. Trans. (Royal Soc.) 65 329 In Richmond there are about 600 houses; but the Easter book enumerates only 450 families. 1828 J. Jervis & E. Younge Rep. Cases Court of Exchequer I. 28 The defendant..set forth a schedule containing the dates only of books of account, intitled ‘Easter Books’. 1989 Local Pop. Stud. 42 18 (title) A guide to Easter Books and related parish listings. < as lemmas |
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