| 单词 | house of keys |
| 释义 | > as lemmasHouse of Keys House of Keys n. (with the) the lower house of the legislature of the Isle of Man. ΘΚΠ society > authority > rule or government > ruler or governor > deliberative, legislative, or administrative assembly > governing or legislative body of a nation or community > other national governing or legislative bodies > [noun] > upper or lower house in Isle of Man Keys1422 Tynwald1610 House of Keys1775 1775 Scots Mag. Nov. 633/2 From the house of Keys, representing the Isle of Man, dated, Castletown, Oct. 23. a1829 H. Crow Mem. (1830) 174 I had the honour to be proposed and appointed a member of the House of Keys, in the Isle of Man. 1845 J. Train Hist. & Statist. Acct. Isle of Man II. xix. 197 The members of the house of keys have been elected in a very peculiar manner. 1910 Public 29 July 711/1 In the Isle of Man, where women have the vote for the House of Keys, they vote as largely as the men. 1957 W. J. M. Mackenzie & J. W. Grove Central Admin. Brit. xvi. 278 The House of Keys of the Isle of Man claims to be one of the oldest legislative assemblies in the world. 2010 Belfast Tel. (Nexis) 5 May 8 He now intends to stand for the House of Keys, in the Douglas East by-election in May. < as lemmas |
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