| 单词 | nomination borough |
| 释义 | > as lemmasnomination borough nomination borough n. British Politics a borough whose representation in Parliament was controlled by a small number of people; a close or pocket borough (now historical) (most of these boroughs were disfranchised by the Reform Act of 1832). ΚΠ 1831 Examiner 467/1 [He] pronounces the nomination boroughs conservative—the hand-bolts of the Commons. 1863 H. Cox Inst. Eng. Govt. i. viii. 108 Mr. Pitt took the opportunity of abolishing many of the smaller nomination boroughs. 1911 Encycl. Brit. XX. 841/2 The anomalous system of close and nomination boroughs, which had arisen thus early [sc. by the reign of Henry VI] in English history, was suffered to continue without a check for four centuries. 1938 L. Woodward Age of Reform Introd. 25 The existence of the nomination borough and of the patron gave a peculiar character to English politics. 2001 Toronto Sun (Nexis) 2 Jan. c5 Pocket—or, nomination—boroughs were places such as Dunwich, which had no voters because it was completely submerged by the sea. < as lemmas |
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