单词 | pretaxation |
释义 | pretaxationn. historical. Now rare. A prior election; esp. the action of voting first for a prospective ruler and then submitting the result to others for approval. ΘΚΠ the mind > will > free will > choice or choosing > expression of choice by some approved method > [noun] > before others pretaxation1769 1769 W. Robertson View State of Europe Proofs in Hist. Charles V I. 381 This privilege of voting first is called by the German lawyers the right of Prætaxation. 1779 tr. C. F. X. Millot Elements Gen. Hist.: Pt. Second I. vii. 390 The three primates..jointly with the dukes enjoyed the famous right of pretaxation, choosing the emperor among themselves before he was proposed to the diet. 1864 J. Bryce Holy Rom. Empire vi. 99 At the election of Lothar II., a.d. 1125, we find a certain small number of magnates exercising the so-called right of prætaxation; that is to say, choosing alone the future monarch, and then submitting him to the rest for their approval. ?1870 H. Hallam View State of Europe 232/2 At the election of Lothaire, in 1124, we find an evident instance of this previous choice, or, as it was called, prætaxation, from which the electoral college of Germany has been derived. 1878 W. Stubbs Constit. Hist. (ed. 2) III. xx. 417 A pretaxation was made by the ruling officers of the community. 1962 H. Nicolson Kings, Courts & Monarchy ix. 181 A group of leading bishops and princes would draw up a list of suitable candidates and the names agreed to were then presented to the nobles for a final vote. This short list of candidates was known as the ‘Praetaxation’. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2007; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1769 |
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