单词 | banishment |
释义 | banishmentn. 1. The action of authoritatively expelling from the country; a state of exile; expatriation. ΘΚΠ society > authority > punishment > outlawry > [noun] > exile or banishment exilinga1387 exilea1400 exilementc1475 banishment1507 banishing1523 1507 Bk. Gd. Mann. (W. de W.) B iij For he..hadde kepte hym from banysshement. a1616 W. Shakespeare Coriolanus (1623) iv. iii. 20 The Nobles receyue so to heart, the Banishment of that worthy Coriolanus. View more context for this quotation 1776 E. Gibbon Decline & Fall I. xvi. 402 A sentence of banishment was pronounced. 1856 C. Merivale Hist. Romans under Empire IV. xxxviii. 341 Some exiles contrived to avoid going to their places of banishment. 2. gen. The action of peremptorily sending away; a state of enforced absence; dismissal. ΘΚΠ the world > movement > motion in a certain direction > going away > causing to go away > [noun] > sending away or dismissing > peremptory banishment1535 ablegation1615 1535 Bible (Coverdale) Psalms cxx. 5 Wo is me yt my banishment endureth so longe. 1716–17 A. Pope Let. in Corresp. (1956) I. 384 I wish..you might pass to your banishment by the most pleasant way. 1832 H. Martineau Ella of Garveloch ii. 23 Their banishment was a sign that dinner was ready. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1885; most recently modified version published online June 2018). < n.1507 |
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