单词 | regina |
释义 | Reginan. 1. Also with lower-case initial. A queen. Also used as a title, often as postmodifier after the forename of the monarch. Also in extended use. Now rare. ΚΠ OE List of Eng. Saints (Corpus Cambr. 201) in F. Liebermann Die Heiligen Englands (1889) 15 Ðonne resteð on Rumesige sancta Mærwyn.., and sancte Balthild regina and sancta Æþelflæd. ?a1475 Ludus Coventriae (1922) 80 (MED) Mayde most mercyfull and mekest in mende..Regina of regyon, Reyneng with-owtyn ende. 1845 Q. Rev. Mar. 479 At the head of this document would now appear the name of Victoria Regina, as did Elizabeth Regina in days of yore. a1849 E. Elliott Year of Seeds in Poet. Wks. (1876) II. 293 Alas, Victoria! Nation-loved Regina! 1865 A. Neighbour Apiary 19 In this box, the regina of the colony, surrounded by her industrious, happy, humming subjects, carries on the propagation of her species. 1870 J. R. O'Flanagan Lives Lord Chancellors I. xix. 266 We can readily believe, nothing but the peremptory command of Elizabeth Regina would have caused him to do so [i.e. resign]. 1903 A. Bierce Shapes of Clay in Coll. Wks. (1910) IV. 74 Thus the Queen of Nether China, The Regina Mun-Kee-Shina, Made to Naval Evolution A Confucian contribution. 1954 W. Stevens Coll. Poems 13 Mother of heaven, regina of the clouds. 2008 P. Arockiadoss & J.-D. Vidyapeeth Theol. as Force of Social Change (Proc. 11th Gen. Assembly Conf. Cath. Theol. Inst.) (O.E.D. Archive) 1 Once theology was praised as the Regina of the Universities, using Philosophy and other disciplines as Ancillae. But now the Queen has been dethroned. 2. Law. The prosecution, considered as representing a reigning queen in criminal proceedings. ΘΚΠ society > law > administration of justice > general proceedings > accusation, allegation, or indictment > [noun] > one who accuses of crime > the prosecution Reg.1622 king1675 queen1713 Reginaa1715 rexa1715 crown1725 prosecution1746 state1783 people1801 a1715 W. Salkeld Rep. Cases King's Bench (1717) 1 460 Domina Regina versus Wigg. 1792 W. Boscawen Treat. Convictions Penal Statutes 36 In the earliest case, indeed, upon the statute of 5 An. viz. Regina v. Matthews, the Court seem to have thought otherwise. 1856 Times 21 May 12/5 Regina, on prosecution of Dursdale v. the Saddlers' Company. 1882 Amer. Law Reg. 30 (title) 705 Regina v. Lovell. 1922 L. Evans Leading Cases Internat. Law (ed. 2) v. 156 For a valuable discussion of the status of bays with openings more than ten miles wide see..Regina v. Cunningham (1859). 2003 Amer. Jrnl. Internal. Law 97 660 This test was broadened in application by the Court of Appeal in Regina v. Tan, 1983. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2009; most recently modified version published online June 2022). < n.OE |
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