单词 | procuraty |
释义 | † procuratyn. Obsolete. Either of the buildings in Venice originally used as the official residences of the Procurators of St Mark (see procurator n.1 7) and forming two sides of St Mark's Square. ΘΚΠ society > authority > office > holder of office > magistrate > [noun] > in Italian cities or Venice > position of procuracy1651 procuraty1675 procuratory1743 1675 tr. C. V. de Saint-Réal Conspiracy Spaniards against Venice 100 Comino was immediately dispatcht to the Bell-Tower of the Procuratie [1752 procuraty; Fr. procuratie], and reports that he found the Guards wholly drunk or asleep. 1696 tr. J. Dumont New Voy. Levant xxvii. 365 The Front of each Procuraty is supported by a large Portico. 1730 E. Wright Some Observ. France, Italy, &c. I. 49 The Piazza makes a Return at a right Angle, towards the Sea; and with it the new Procuraties on one side; the Doge's Palace is on the other. 1787 T. Martyn Gentleman's Guide in his Tour through Italy xii. 368 The old Procuratie is built of black marble; and the new, of the pietra dura from Istria. 1795 J. Trusler Habitable World Described XVII. ii. ii. 186 On each side of the large square are, what they call, the procuraties; a pile of buildings, like our inns of court, and inhabited by lawyers. 1795 J. Trusler Habitable World Described XVII. ii. ii. 188 At the corner of the new procuratie, a little distance from the church, stands the steeple of St. Mark. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2007; most recently modified version published online December 2020). < n.1675 |
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