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单词 mayory
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mayoryn.

Brit. /ˈmɛːri/, U.S. /ˈmeɪəri/
Forms: 1600s mayery, 1600s mayorie, 1600s–1700s 1900s– mayory.
Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: mayor n., -y suffix3.
Etymology: < mayor n. + -y suffix3. In sense 1 after French mairie mairie n. or Dutch meierij; in sense 2 after Russian mèrija.
1. The district over which a mayor has jurisdiction, esp. in France. Obsolete.
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society > authority > rule or government > territorial jurisdiction or areas subject to > territory under a governor or official > [noun] > under a Dutch or Swiss mayor
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1647 Moderate Intelligencer No. 136. 1341 The Spanish agree in all, except the freedome of the Catholike religion, in the Mayorie of Hertogenbush.
1679 London Gaz. No. 1393/3 The French..are resolved to exact the Contributions they demand from the Mayery of Bolduc.
1705 London Gaz. No. 4146/3 The Enemy's Parties..infest the Mayory of Boisleduc.
1796 J. Morse Amer. Universal Geogr. (new ed.) II. 322 This republic [sc. Neuchâtel] is divided into four chatellanies, and 15 mayories.
2. In Russia: a building housing the municipal offices of a town; a town hall. rare.
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1966 New Statesman 28 Jan. 137/2 The ‘inspector’ has whirled off down the roads of Russia..promising to return and marry the mayor's daughter. As the news flies round town, congratulatory visitors pour inquisitively into the mayory.
1993 Guardian (Nexis) 13 Dec. i. 20 The mayory, which used to occupy some floors of the Comecon tower block, is to move into Lenin's museum.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2001; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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