单词 | audiencia |
释义 | Audiencian. = audience n. 5. ΘΚΠ society > law > administration of justice > judicial body, assembly, or court > [noun] > court in Spanish America audience1583 Audiencia1622 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] > in Spanish America audience1583 Audiencia1622 1622 R. Hawkins Observ. Voiage South Sea lxviii. 167 The Generall presently advised the Audiencia, of that which had succeeded in his Journey. 1758 J. Adams tr. A. de Ulloa Voy. S.-Amer. II. i. iii. 40 The Audiencia which is the chief court of Lima, is composed of eight auditors or judges. 1875 Amer. Cycl. XII. 425/1 Nicaragua was first included in the audiencia of Santo Domingo, and then in that of Panama. 1993 W. A. McDougall Let Sea make Noise 27 So the crown divided the Americas into viceroyalties and audiencias (roughly, provinces) under Spaniards acting in the name of the king. 2007 J. H. Elliott Empires of Atlantic World (new ed.) ii. v. 123 As more and more mainland territory came under Spanish rule, so more Audiencias were set up. This is a new entry (OED Third Edition, March 2013; most recently modified version published online December 2021). < n.1622 |
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