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单词 abdicant
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abdicantadj.n.

Brit. /ˈabdᵻk(ə)nt/, U.S. /ˈæbdək(ə)nt/
Origin: A borrowing from Latin. Etymons: Latin abdicant-, abdicāns, abdicāre.
Etymology: < classical Latin abdicant-, abdicāns, present participle of abdicāre abdicate v.
A. adj.
That is abdicating or has abdicated a position or office. Also figurative.
ΘΚΠ
society > authority > office > withdrawing from or vacating office > [adjective] > abdicating
abdicant1654
1654 R. Whitlock Ζωοτομία 93 Wicked Jews, murtherers of Christians, monks abdicant of their orders.
1859 E. E. Lenox-Conygham in Horæ Poeticæ (title of poem) Love abdicant.
1897 Amer. Encycl. Dict. II. 612/3 It [sc. Brazil] was erected into an empire by the abdicant King of Portugal.
1936 Lowell (Mass.) Sun 26 Dec. 8/4 His abdicant brother, the Duke of Windsor, also attended church.
2009 J. E. Fraser From Caledonia to Pictland x. 284 The abdicant East Anglian king Sigeberht.
B. n.
A person who renounces a position, office, etc.; an abdicator.
ΘΚΠ
society > authority > office > withdrawing from or vacating office > [noun] > abdication > one who
abdicator1689
abdicant1836
1836 B. H. Smart Walker Remodelled Abdicant,..the person abdicating.
1842 John Bull 9 Apr. 175/3 The..half thousand new incumbents who are to fill the places of the holy abdicants.
1879 Galveston (Texas) Daily News 25 Feb. Peace to the royal abdicant—health and long life to the royal successor.
1911 Catholic Encycl. XI. 646/1 It is simoniacal for an abdicant to stipulate for a pension out of the benefice he resigns.
1956 Govt. Great Brit. ix. 181/1 At the abdication in 1936, there was a demise of the Crown though the abdicant did not vacate the throne through death.
2006 S. D. Houston in T. Inomata & L. S. Coben Archaeol. of Performance ii. v. 142 The possibility remains that what we take to be a deceased ruler may simply be an abdicant.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2011; most recently modified version published online December 2021).
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