单词 | reignative |
释义 | reignativeadj.n. rare. Designating the kind of prudence exercised by the ruler of a state. Also as n. ΘΚΠ society > authority > power > influence > [adjective] > of controlling or predominating influence regitive?a1425 reigninga1500 reignative1532 overruling1586 predominating1595 hegemonicala1602 regnant1604 dominating1611 ruling1652 presiding1653 hegemonic1656 over-ruly1657 regulant1677 in the ascendanta1698 overriding1830 octopean1896 hegemoniac1959 1532 (c1385) Usk's Test. Loue in Wks. G. Chaucer ii. f. cccxxxvii v Lytel or naught is worthe erthely power, but if reignatyfe prudence in heedes gouerne the smale. 1918 tr. St. Thomas Aquinas Summa Theologica VIII. ii. ii. §48. 31 There is also the multitude that is united together for the whole of life: such is the multitude of a home or family, and this is ruled by domestic prudence: and such again is the multitude of a city or kingdom, the ruling principle of which is reignative prudence in the ruler, and political prudence, simply so called, in the subjects. 1918 tr. St. Thomas Aquinas Summa Theologica VIII. ii. ii. §50. 47 Since, however, direction belongs rather to the king, and execution to his subjects, reignative [L. regnativa] is reckoned a species of prudence which is directive. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2009; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < adj.n.1532 |
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