| 单词 | law of arms |
| 释义 | > as lemmaslaw of arms b. The code or body of rules recognized in a specified department of action. Also law of arms: the recognized custom of professional soldiers; †also, the rules of heraldry. ΘΚΠ society > armed hostility > military service > [noun] > military code law of armsc1500 a1400 (a1325) Cursor Mundi (Vesp.) l. 26276 Lagh o penance will þat qua Be moder lijs or sisters tua..He agh be wijfeles al his lijf. 1486 Bk. St. Albans E iij By the law of venery as I dare vnder take. c1500 Sc. Poem Heraldry 186 in H. Gilbert Queene Elizabethes Achademy (1879) i. 100 Law of armys disponys ffor theme be sett and portrait with pictouris. 1530 J. Palsgrave Lesclarcissement 237/2 Lawe of armes, droict darmes. 1548 Hall's Vnion: Henry VIII f. cclv He might haue kepte theim in straite prison, by iuste lawe of Armes. 1557 Earl of Surrey et al. Songes & Sonettes sig. R.iii Of louers lawe he toke no cure. 1635 T. Jackson Humiliation Sonne of God 156 Unto Satan the professed Rebell against him,..he did vouchsafe the benefit of the Law of Armes or Duel. < as lemmas |
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