quest housen.

Brit.

/ˈkwɛsthaʊs/, U.S.

/ˈkwɛstˌhaʊs/

Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: quest n.², house n.¹

Etymology: < quest n.²+ house n.¹

Now historical.

A house at which the inquests in a ward or parish were commonly held.In quot. 1635 figurative.J. O. Halliwell ( Dict. Archaic & Provinc. Words, 1847) stated that ‘the quest-house is frequently mentioned in the accounts of St Giles, Cripplegate, 1571’, but the term has not been traced in the source cited.

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society > law > administration of justice > judicial body, assembly, or court > place where court is held > [noun] > place where inquest held

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1607 T. Dekker & J. Webster North-ward Hoe i. sig. B^v Are all the Quest-houses broken vp?

1635 F. Quarles Emblemes ii. x. 102 It is a world, whose Work..Is vanity, and vexation;..A Questhouse of complaint.

1668 S. Pepys Diary 24 Jan. (1976) IX. 36 At the Quest-house, where the company meets to the burial of my cousin Joyce.

1717 Present State Crown Inn 23 Whereby a Select Number of Mr. Wright's Friends were restrain'd from coming to the Quest House..and made incapable of bearing any Offices in the Parish.

1828 Nares Let. to A. Dyce A Quest-house was the chief Watch-house in a parish... Some parishes in London still have them, e.g. St. Giles's Cripplegate.

1890 Times 18 July 15/2 Tenders must be sent in to the Joint Estate Trustees, at the Quest-house..in the City of London, not later than 12 o'clock at noon.

1952 A. F. Johnson Reed's Hist. Old Eng. Letter Foundries (rev. ed.) viii. 168 It appears that he had a lease of the Quest House built over the church cloisters and burnt down in the Great Fire.

1986 T. Liu Puritan London vi. 175 The Alderman..had to postpone the meeting to a later date at the Quest House in the parish of St. Dunstan in the West.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2007; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	quest house
释义	quest housen. Brit. /ˈkwɛsthaʊs/, U.S. /ˈkwɛstˌhaʊs/ Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: quest n.², house n.¹ Etymology: < quest n.²+ house n.¹ Now historical. A house at which the inquests in a ward or parish were commonly held.In quot. 1635 figurative.J. O. Halliwell ( Dict. Archaic & Provinc. Words, 1847) stated that ‘the quest-house is frequently mentioned in the accounts of St Giles, Cripplegate, 1571’, but the term has not been traced in the source cited. ΘΚΠ society > law > administration of justice > judicial body, assembly, or court > place where court is held > [noun] > place where inquest held quest house1607 inquest-room1845 1607 T. Dekker & J. Webster North-ward Hoe i. sig. B^v Are all the Quest-houses broken vp? 1635 F. Quarles Emblemes ii. x. 102 It is a world, whose Work..Is vanity, and vexation;..A Questhouse of complaint. 1668 S. Pepys Diary 24 Jan. (1976) IX. 36 At the Quest-house, where the company meets to the burial of my cousin Joyce. 1717 Present State Crown Inn 23 Whereby a Select Number of Mr. Wright's Friends were restrain'd from coming to the Quest House..and made incapable of bearing any Offices in the Parish. 1828 Nares Let. to A. Dyce A Quest-house was the chief Watch-house in a parish... Some parishes in London still have them, e.g. St. Giles's Cripplegate. 1890 Times 18 July 15/2 Tenders must be sent in to the Joint Estate Trustees, at the Quest-house..in the City of London, not later than 12 o'clock at noon. 1952 A. F. Johnson Reed's Hist. Old Eng. Letter Foundries (rev. ed.) viii. 168 It appears that he had a lease of the Quest House built over the church cloisters and burnt down in the Great Fire. 1986 T. Liu Puritan London vi. 175 The Alderman..had to postpone the meeting to a later date at the Quest House in the parish of St. Dunstan in the West. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2007; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1607
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