law-givingn.
The action or process of giving laws; legislation.
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society > law > legislation > [noun]
law-giving1475
making1483
legislation1606
nomothesy1656
legislature1659
law-making1690
1475 Bk. Noblesse (Roxb.) 73 They bene christen men, and lyvyng under your obeissaunce, lawes-yovyng, and yelding to youre lawes.
1645 J. Milton Tetrachordon 25 This is the very end of Lawgiving, to abolish evil customs by wholsom Laws.
1876 Oxford Bible-Helps, Mountains Mount Horeb was the scene of the burning-bush and of the law-giving.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1902; most recently modified version published online March 2021).
law-givingadj.
/ˈlɔːˌɡɪvɪŋ/, U.S. /ˈlɔˌɡɪvɪŋ/, /ˈlɑˌɡɪvɪŋ/ That gives or makes laws. Also occasionally that ‘gives the law’ to or determines.
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society > law > legislation > [adjective] > legislating
law-givinga1586
nomothetical1618
legislative1621
nomothetic1638
legislating1659
legislatorial1820
a1586 Sir P. Sidney Apol. Poetrie (1595) sig. B3v In Turky, besides their lawe-giuing Diuines, they haue no other Writers but Poets.
1645 J. Milton Tetrachordon 39 As if the will of God were becom sinfull, or sin stronger then his direct and Law-giving will.
1848 J. C. Hare & A. W. Hare Guesses at Truth 2nd Ser. (ed. 2) 42 Men would still worship the creature, under the form of abstractions and laws, instead of the living, lawgiving Creator.
1865 G. Grote Plato I. i. 11 The nature of number was imperative and lawgiving.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1902; most recently modified version published online March 2021).
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