单词 | running parliament |
释义 | > as lemmasRunning Parliament Running Parliament n. historical after 17th cent. (a name for) the former parliament of Scotland, the next meeting of which could be called for any day within a specified period without having to be officially reopened; an assembly of the members of this. ΚΠ 1546 in Rec. Parl. Scotl. to 1707 (2007) 1546/7/7 This rynnand parliament aucht nocht to be fensit at this tyme of new becaus the said parliament was fensit in the beginnyng and thereftir continualy rynnand. c1556 MS P.R.O.: SP 51/1 (Publ. Rec. Office) f. 19v This was called the Running Parliamt. c1600 D. Moysie Mem. Affairs Scotl. (1830) 50 Sundrie noblemen wer wreyttin for to be at the parliament then appoynted, quhilk wes called a rynning parliament. 1663 in L. B. Taylor Aberdeen Council Lett. (1954) IV. 254 With the advyce of this present runnant parliament. 1824 I. D'Israeli Curiosities of Lit. 2nd Ser. (ed. 2) II. 45 A Scottish Parliament, from its perpetual shiftings from place to place, was ludicrously nicknamed the running parliament. 1911 P. H. Brown Hist. Scotl. II. v. ii. 32 It [sc. the Parliament of 1556] was known as the ‘Running Parliament’, a name given because it met at intervals. There were several other ‘Running Parliaments’ in Scottish history. < as lemmas |
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