单词 | resolutioner |
释义 | resolutionern. 1. a. Scottish History. Usually with capital initial. A supporter of the resolutions passed by the General Assembly of the Church of Scotland in 1650 and 1651 calling for the discontinuation of legal sanctions against some of those who had sought an accommodation with Charles I. Usually in plural.In early use frequently more fully as Public Resolutioner. ΘΚΠ society > authority > rule or government > politics > British politics > British party politics > [noun] > specific Scottish party > members of specific Scottish parties resolutioner1655 Whig1657 fundie1995 1655 Ld. Wariston Diary (1940) III. 1 Afternoon I heard M. Ja. Guthrye his letters about a conference with Public Resolutioners for union. 1658 Protesters No Subverters 42 This point..stateth the Brethren for the Protestation in the apprehensions of the more rigid of the Resolutioners, as adversaries to the very essence and being of Presbyterial Government. a1715 Bp. G. Burnet Hist. Own Time (1724) I. 62 The Resolutioners were known to have been more in the King's interest: So they were not so kindly looked on as the Protestors. 1784 J. Brown Compend. Hist. Brit. Churches II. 252 The public resolutioners persecuted them with manifold reproaches, as ruiners of their king and country,..as renters of the church. 1816 W. Scott Old Mortality v, in Tales of my Landlord 1st Ser. II. 98 They had parted in some unkindness at the time when the kingdom of Scotland was divided into Resolutioners and Protestors. 1872 Contemp. Rev. 21 76 Resolutioners like Dickson and Protesters like Patrick Gillespie. 1943 J. Macleod Sc. Theol. 179 The outcome of the virtual schism of 1652 between Resolutioners and Protesters was to be seen in the laxer attitude as to Church unity. 2002 A. Woolrych Brit. in Revol. (2004) 492 The majority of more moderate ministers..supported the Resolutions, and the rift in the Kirk between Resolutioners and Protesters was to last right through the 1650s. b. gen. A person who formulates or supports a resolution. rare. ΘΚΠ the mind > will > decision > [noun] > one who makes or supports a resolution resolvera1699 resolutioner1816 resolutionist1818 1816 R. Southey in Q. Rev. Oct. 246 They say, the said resolutioners of Bishopsgate-ward,—‘We claim..a constitutional voice in the House of the people.’ 1854 H. Miller My Schools & Schoolmasters xxiv. 511 The parochial resolutioners, amounting in all to ten. 1910 Encycl. Brit. VII. 895/2 The majority of the deputies..were in favour of asserting their rights by a resolution of the House..; hence arose the two parties of the Addressers and the Resolutioners. 1994 Columbus (Ohio) Dispatch (Nexis) 8 June 8 a The governor [of Ohio], a veteran resolutioner. 2. A person who makes a (New Year's) resolution; = resolutionist n. 2. ΘΚΠ the mind > will > intention > [noun] > one who consciously intends something willer1435 meaner1532 resolver1758 resolutioner1908 1908 Washington Post 1 Jan. 6/6 'Tis now the season of the year When resolutioners, far and near, Prepare to pledge themselves to do No more the things which bring them rue. 1953 Post-Standard (Syracuse, N.Y.) 1 Jan. 8/1 If you are not a good resolutioner,..perhaps you'd better go a little easy on your self-promises this time. 2006 Pittsburgh (Pa.) Post-Gaz. (Nexis) 29 Jan. n1 About this time of year, gyms and health clubs are packed with grim-faced resolutioners working hard to sweat off some pounds. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2010; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < |
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