单词 | provosty |
释义 | provostyn. Now historical. = provostry n., provostship n., in various senses.Chiefly in French contexts; applied spec. to the jurisdiction of the prévôt de Paris, to the position of the supreme officer of the Châtelet prison, and to the office of the prévôt de l'Île de France, who formerly had charge of the safety of the highways of Paris and its environs. ΘΚΠ society > authority > office > holder of office > Roman magistrates and officials > [noun] > prefect > position of provosty1443 provostship1546 society > authority > rule or government > ruler or governor > governor of province, dependency, or colony > governors by country > [noun] > ancient Roman > prefect > position of provostry1420 prefecture?a1439 provosty1443 provostship1546 prefectureship1606 prefectship1609 society > authority > office > holder of office > magistrate > municipal magistrate > [noun] > chief magistrate or mayor > of a foreign town or city > position of provostry1420 provosty1443 provostship1541 prevostship1577 1443 in H. Nicolas Proc. & Ordinances Privy Council (1835) V. 310 (MED) Þe said provostee shold for ever be and abyde in þe Kinges handes, unied to þe corone and..goeverned by þe provost & oþer þe Kinges officers. 1483 W. Caxton tr. J. de Voragine Golden Legende 289 b/2 Phelyp hadde taken of the Senate the prouostye of Allexandrye. a1513 R. Fabyan New Cronycles Eng. & Fraunce (1516) II. f. xlviii The Prouosty or chief Rule or offyce was in ye handes of the Cytezeyns of Parys. 1670 C. Cotton tr. G. Girard Hist. Life Duke of Espernon i. ii. 68 One Nicholas Poulin, a Lieutenant in the Provosty of the Isle of France. 1849 F. Schoberl tr. V. Hugo Hunchback of Notre Dame 154 Robert d'Estouteville, knight..keeper of the provosty of Paris [Fr. garde de la prévôté de Paris]. 1973 S. Atlantic Bull. 38 22 He was banished for ten years from the town, provosty, and viscounty of Paris. 2001 Jrnl. Musicol. 18 548 Margaret of Austria, regent of the Netherlands, whose officials apparently thought that he was still in the possession of the provosty of Notre Dame of Condé. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2007; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1443 |
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