| 单词 | grith-man |
| 释义 | > as lemmasgrith-man grith-man n. a man, esp. a criminal, who has taken sanctuary. ΘΚΠ the world > action or operation > safety > protection or defence > refuge or shelter > [noun] > inviolable refuge, sanctuary, or asylum > one who has taken sanctuary grith-man1342 sanctuary mana1513 1342 in T. Rymer Fœdera (1708) V. 328 Assignavimus, Magnificum Principem..Edwardum de Balliolo, Regem Scotiæ ad omnes Homines, vocatos Grithmen. 1458 in J. T. Fowler Acts Church SS. Peter & Wilfrid, Ripon (1875) 72 Confugæ sive gyrthmanii, citati ad allegandum causas racionabiles quare non debent puniri canonice propter eorum perjuria. 1468 in J. T. Fowler Acts Church SS. Peter & Wilfrid, Ripon (1875) 134 Nicholaus Yhonger, gyrthman, citatus est. 1779 D. Dalrymple Ann. Scotl. II. 211 (note) All persons who on account of felony had taken refuge in sanctuaries, were pardoned by royal proclamation, under condition of serving, at their own charges, in the army of Baliol (Fœdera, tom. V. p. 328). They are denominated Grith-men, i.e. Girth-men. < as lemmas |
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