单词 | prerogatived |
释义 | prerogativedadj. Now rare. Endowed with or possessing a prerogative; privileged. ΘΚΠ society > law > legal right > right of specific class, person, or place > [adjective] > having such right privileged1435 prerogativeda1603 a1603 T. Cartwright Confut. Rhemists New Test. (1618) 178 The most priuiledged and prerogatiued man that is in the world. 1688 W. Lloyd Answ. Bishop of Oxford's Reasons (ed. 2) 16 This prerogativ'd, Legislative Church..smells strong of the Pride, and Ambition of that City, which..hath always aspir'd, to have a Kingdom over the Kings of the Earth. 1794 T. A. M. Watkins Trav. through Switzerland, Italy, Greek Islands (ed. 2) I. vii. 141 The prerogatived families alone can be adopted by any of the thirteen tribes of burghers, and they must be one and twenty years of age before they are eligible to the great council. 1861 Dinah 93 The girl..held out her hand also in the usual prerogatived manner of females, as if ordering the young man to take it and assist her out. 1990 Guardian (Nexis) 4 July I am in a most fortunate, even prerogatived, position. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2007; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < adj.a1603 |
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