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单词 low council house
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low council house
low council house n. Scottish (now historical) a council house (council house n. 1a) that is secondary to another, esp. in terms of size or importance.
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1619 in D. Masson Reg. Privy Council Scotl. (1895) 1st Ser. XII. 27 Forsameikle as it is thoght meite and expedient be the Lordis of Secreit Counsall that the plaice of thair conveneing and meiting salbe heirefter in the laigh counsalhous of the burgh of Edinburgh.
1648 in Rec. Parl. Scotl. to 1707 (2007) 1648/3/41 As also appoyntis the foirsaid committie to meit..thairefter the said day in the old laich councell hous.
1753 Scots Mag. Apr. 162/2 The commissioners..shall meet in the laigh council-house, Edinburgh.
1934 H. F. Barclay & A. Wilson-Fox Hist. Barclay Family III. 85 The Provost..went into the Low Council House [in Aberdeen] (a place divided from that where the prisoners were only by a thin partition) where they cursed and swore..in the hearing of the prisoners.
1999 A. Pagett Bonnie Scotl. 16 Originally held in the old Low Council House in the Tolbooth, the Courts of Session..are to this day held in chambers adjacent to the Great Hall.
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