Octaviann.

Brit.

/ɒkˈteɪvɪən/, U.S.

/ɑkˈteɪviən/

Forms: pre-1700 Octaveyan, pre-1700 Octavien, pre-1700 Octawian, pre-1700 1700s– Octavian. Also with lower-case initial.

Origin: A borrowing from Latin, combined with an English element. Etymons: Latin octāvus , -ian suffix.

Etymology: < classical Latin octāvus eighth (see octave n.² and adj.) + -ian suffix.

Scottish History.

Each of the eight members of a finance committee appointed by James VI in 1596 to have control of the royal exchequer.

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society > authority > rule or government > ruler or governor > deliberative, legislative, or administrative assembly > types of body or spec. bodies > [noun] > committee > committees of Scottish parliament > member of specific Scottish committee

Octavian1596

1596 J. Carey Let. 9 June in J. Bain Border Papers (1896) II. 135 Some of the ‘Octaveyans’ of the Secret Council.

a1614 J. Melville Autobiogr. & Diary (1842) 330 The Kings haill effeares..was put in the hands of aught..thairfor named Octavians.

c1650 J. Row & J. Row Hist. Kirk Scotl. (1842) 165 There were eight lords chosen, (commonelie for that called the King's Octavians).

a1670 J. Scot Staggering State 16 Sir Alexander Seaton..chancellor..was one of the Octavians.

1750–1 W. McFarlane Geneal. Coll. (1900) II. 167 He created him a Lord of Session and one of the Octavians.

1759 W. Robertson Hist. Scotl. II. viii. 191 This important trust was committed to eight gentlemen of the law..called Octavians.

1870 J. H. Burton Hist. Scotl. to 1688 VI. lx. 70 The battle of the octavians, with the zealots of the Church on one side and the ‘cubiculars’ of the Court on the other, lasted for eighteen months.

1898 Dict. National Biogr. LIII. 413/1 On 15 Nov. [1610] he was also named one of the commissioners of the exchequer known as the new Octavians.

1929 Sc. Notes & Queries 7 127 The Council Meeting that constituted The Octavians.

1994 Collins Encycl. Scotl. 745/1 The eight (hence ‘Octavians’) were David Carnegie, [etc.].

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2004; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	octavian
释义	Octaviann. Brit. /ɒkˈteɪvɪən/, U.S. /ɑkˈteɪviən/ Forms: pre-1700 Octaveyan, pre-1700 Octavien, pre-1700 Octawian, pre-1700 1700s– Octavian. Also with lower-case initial. Origin: A borrowing from Latin, combined with an English element. Etymons: Latin octāvus , -ian suffix. Etymology: < classical Latin octāvus eighth (see octave n.² and adj.) + -ian suffix. Scottish History. Each of the eight members of a finance committee appointed by James VI in 1596 to have control of the royal exchequer. ΘΚΠ society > authority > rule or government > ruler or governor > deliberative, legislative, or administrative assembly > types of body or spec. bodies > [noun] > committee > committees of Scottish parliament > member of specific Scottish committee Octavian1596 1596 J. Carey Let. 9 June in J. Bain Border Papers (1896) II. 135 Some of the ‘Octaveyans’ of the Secret Council. a1614 J. Melville Autobiogr. & Diary (1842) 330 The Kings haill effeares..was put in the hands of aught..thairfor named Octavians. c1650 J. Row & J. Row Hist. Kirk Scotl. (1842) 165 There were eight lords chosen, (commonelie for that called the King's Octavians). a1670 J. Scot Staggering State 16 Sir Alexander Seaton..chancellor..was one of the Octavians. 1750–1 W. McFarlane Geneal. Coll. (1900) II. 167 He created him a Lord of Session and one of the Octavians. 1759 W. Robertson Hist. Scotl. II. viii. 191 This important trust was committed to eight gentlemen of the law..called Octavians. 1870 J. H. Burton Hist. Scotl. to 1688 VI. lx. 70 The battle of the octavians, with the zealots of the Church on one side and the ‘cubiculars’ of the Court on the other, lasted for eighteen months. 1898 Dict. National Biogr. LIII. 413/1 On 15 Nov. [1610] he was also named one of the commissioners of the exchequer known as the new Octavians. 1929 Sc. Notes & Queries 7 127 The Council Meeting that constituted The Octavians. 1994 Collins Encycl. Scotl. 745/1 The eight (hence ‘Octavians’) were David Carnegie, [etc.]. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2004; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1596
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