| 单词 | pensioner parliament |
| 释义 | > as lemmasPensioner Parliament Pensioner Parliament n. now historical the second parliament of Charles II from 1661 to 1679, so called because of the widespread use of bribery as a means of parliamentary management.The more usual name for this Parliament is cavalier Parliament (Cavalier Parliament n. at cavalier n. and adj. Compounds). ΘΚΠ society > authority > rule or government > ruler or governor > deliberative, legislative, or administrative assembly > governing or legislative body of a nation or community > English or British parliament > [noun] > a particular English or British parliament > specific great Parliamentc1450 Good Parliament1580 addle parliament1614 giunto1641 junto1641 Unlearned Parliament1643 Long Parliament1646 rump?1653 Short Parliament1653 lay Parliament1655 Barebone's Parliament1657 Rump Parliament1659 Little Parliamenta1675 Long Parliament1678 Pensioner Parliament1678 Pensioned Parliament1681 Bluestocking Parliamenta1683 Pension Parliament1682 Pensionary Parliament1690 marvellous Parliament?1706 rumple1725 lack-learning Parliament1765 unreported Parliament1839 Cavalier Parliament1849 Addled Parliament1857 merciless Parliament1875 wonderful Parliament1878 nominated Parliament1898 1678 N. Luttrell Diary in Brief Hist. Relation State Affairs (1857) I. 3 It was a parliament that gave those vast summs of money, and therefore called the pensioner parliament. 1681 H. Neville Plato Redivivus 20 The Evil Counsellors, the Pensioner-Parliament, the Thorow-pac'd Judges, the Flattering Divines. 1717 Reasons against Standing Army 26 Nay, the Pensioner Parliament themselves turn'd short upon the Court. 1897 N. Amer. Rev. Jan. 127 During the Pensioner Parliament, which assembled after the Restoration, Halifax partly bossed the newly-enfranchised town of Newark. 1966 C. Hill Cent. of Revol. xiii. 220 Part at least of the increased expenditure went on bribing members as the Cavalier Parliament became the Pensioner Parliament. 1998 W. Prest Albion Ascendant ii. 45 Charles's long-awaited dissolution of the Cavalier, Long, or Pensioner Parliament in July 1679. < as lemmas |
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