单词 | majlis |
释义 | majlisn. In any of various Middle Eastern or North African countries: an assembly for discussion, a council; spec. the national parliament, esp. in Iran. Also: a reception room. ΘΚΠ society > society and the community > social relations > association for a common purpose > meeting or assembling for common purpose > [noun] > a meeting synagoguea1300 councilc1340 collect1382 convent1382 convocation1387 samingc1400 advocationa1425 meetingc1425 steven1481 congress1528 concion1533 conference1575 collection1609 congression1611 divan1619 rendezvous1628 comitia1631 society1712 majlis1821 get-up1826 agora1886 society > inhabiting and dwelling > inhabited place > a building > parts of building > room > room by type of use > [noun] > reception room guest-hallc1325 public room1617 common chamber1653 salon1699 reception room1788 majlis1821 mandarah1836 guesten hall1864 guesten chamber1870 recep.1900 salone1902 reception1909 salotto1918 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 Iran majlis1911 1686 tr. J. Chardin Coronation Solyman 71 in Trav. Persia The King for several days following, held a Megeles, that is, an Assembly of his Lords. 1698 J. Fryer New Acct. E.-India & Persia 396 If the Clamour of the Subject force a Magless, the Case is not represented fairly to the Emperor. 1818 J. Morier Second Journey through Persia vii. 126 The Bakhtiaree..assured me..that he himself had received 16 wounds from disputes in the Mejlis (assembly), with his relations. 1821 G. F. Lyon Narr. Trav. N. Afr. vi. 261 I found Mukni sitting in the greatest agitation, pale, and alone in the Mezlis, or Court of his Castle, and scarcely able to welcome me. 1855 R. F. Burton Personal Narr. Pilgrimage to El-Medinah II. xv. 36 The Shaykh..led me up to the majlis, which was swept and garnished with all due apparatus for the forthcoming reception ceremony. 1870 Once a Week 7 May 303/2 ‘Tomorrow,’ we said, ‘at the Medjliss hour, we will be punctual.’ 1911 Encycl. Brit. XXI. 198/2 By a rescript dated the 5th of August [1906] Muzaffar-ud-Dīn Shah gave his assent to the formation of a national council (Majlis i shora i milli). 1920 Glasgow Herald 29 Nov. 11/2 The British Government expects the Mejliss to meet within a month to decide whether it wishes to ratify the Anglo-Persian agreement. 1940 F. Stark Winter in Arabia 160 There in the Mansabi majliss they sit. 1972 Daily Colonist (Victoria, Brit. Columbia) 12 Mar. 28/1 [Bahrein] There is an air of desert democracy mixed with a certain noblesse oblige about the majlis, the formal Arab court session in which the ruler sits on his throne. 1987 Daily Tel. 3 Aug. 13/4 The call by the Speaker of the Iranian Majlis, or parliament, for Moslems everywhere to attack Saudi and American interests. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2000; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1686 |
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