| 单词 | golden book |
| 释义 | > as lemmasgolden book golden book n. (also with capital initials) now chiefly historical (originally and chiefly) an official register of the nobility of the state of Venice; (later also) a similar document recording the nobility of various other Italian states. [After French livre d'or (1693 in the passage translated in quot. 1693) and its model Italian Libro d'Oro (early 17th cent. or earlier).] ΚΠ 1693 tr. N. de Fer Voy. & Trav. All Europe III. vii. 52 All the Authority being devolv'd into the hands of a certain number of Families, writ down in a Golden Book, which is the Register of the Venetian Nobility. 1712 London Gaz. No. 5022/6 The Senate..designs to open the Golden Book, to enter such Persons as will buy the Nobility of Venice for themselves or Families. 1830 Gentleman's Mag Sept. 197/2 The horrors of the French Revolution having extended to Genoa, the populace in 1793 went to the palace and demanded the Golden Book. 2014 Open (India) (Nexis) 23 May Whenever La Serenissima ran short of funds, it updated the precious Golden Book of the nobility so that munificent donors could be added to the existing lords and counts. < as lemmas |
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