单词 | evidenceship |
释义 | † evidenceshipn. Obsolete. 1. The office or function of witness, esp. in a legal investigation. Cf. evidence n. 5a. ΘΚΠ the mind > attention and judgement > testing > attestation, witness, evidence > [noun] > a witness, testifier > office of evidenceship1748 1656 R. Gilpin Agreem. Associated Ministers & Churches Counties of Cumberland & Westmerland 49 It will scarce finde a Patron for its evidenceship. 1684 Proc. Kings-Bench-Bar against Titus Oates (single sheet) His Royal Highness, whom the said Oates hath bespatterd and traduc'd in all Companies he came into, since the beginning of his Evidenceship in 78. 1748 S. Richardson Clarissa IV. xlii. 241 That ingenious knack of Forgery..and a detection since in Evidenceship, have been his ruin. 2. With possessive adjective: a mock title of respect for a witness. ΚΠ 1742 R. North & M. North Life F. North 152 And, thereby, gave so great Offence to their Evidenceships, the Plot Witnesses. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2018). < n.1656 |
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