| 单词 | law of honour |
| 释义 | > as lemmaslaw of honour c. law of honour: the set of rules and customs which regulate the conduct of some particular class of person according to a conventional standard of honour; cf. code of honour n. at code n. Phrases 1a. ΚΠ 1579 G. Fenton tr. F. Guicciardini Hist. Guicciardin viii. 429 The law of honor & clemencie holdes vs so farre assured that you will not make vs reiected because we are afflicted, since it is one cheefe office in your christian pietie, to minister succors to men in necessities. 1611 J. Speed Hist. Great Brit. xiv. 620 The Scots missing their purpose, slew Dauid Lord Flemming for discouering their intention to his distressed guests, (as by the lawes of honour and hospitality he was obliged). 1785 W. Paley Princ. Moral & Polit. Philos. i. ii. 2 The Law of Honour is a system of rules constructed by people of fashion, and calculated to facilitate their intercourse with one another: and for no other purpose. < as lemmas |
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