| 单词 | religious police |
| 释义 | > as lemmasreligious police religious police n. (originally) †the enforcement of religious laws; (subsequently) a police force whose task this is; (now chiefly) spec. (in certain Islamic countries) an organization or body appointed to enforce Islamic law; cf. mutawwa n. ΘΚΠ society > law > law enforcement > police force or the police > [noun] > police forces in specific countries or regions holy brotherhooda1739 hermandad1772 religious police1775 state police1779 gendarmerie1792 police1798 Scotland Yard1830 guardia civil1846 RCMP1920 RUC1922 Arab Legion1923 Garda Síochána1923 Schupo1923 Mets1944 Vopo1954 maréchaussée1955 U.S.C.1963 Garda1970 1775 Thoughts upon Present Contest between Admin. & Brit. Colonies in Amer. 33 Bad religious police enervated their bodies. a1817 J. L. Burckhardt Trav. Arabia (1829) II. 34 There is no religious police or inquisition here [sc. Arafat]; and every body is left to the dictates of his conscience. 1847 H. Melville Omoo xlvi. 178 These worthies constitute a religious police; and you always know them by the great white diapers they wear. 1978 in E. M. Broner Weave of Women vi. 63 ‘Cover your head!’ calls out a woman, a sleepy member of the Religious Police. 1988 J. L. Esposito Islam i. 33 Government regulations, Islamic laws, and the activities of religious police who monitor public behaviour have all been justified as expressions of this moral mission. 2003 National Geographic Oct. 27/2 The religious police who stalk the streets in search of ‘immodest’ women. < as lemmas |
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