单词 | seceding |
释义 | secedingadj. That secedes; occasionally †belonging to the Secession Church. ΘΚΠ society > society and the community > social relations > lack of social communication or relations > retirement or seclusion > [adjective] > that secedes seceding1757 society > faith > sect > Christianity > Protestantism > Presbyterianism > Presbyterian sects and groups > [adjective] > Secession seceding1757 secession1838 secessional1838 1757 T. Smollett Hist. Eng. (1760) XI. 54 The seceding members had again resumed their seats in the house of commons. 1758 A. Gellatly Some Observ. To Rdr. 2 The seceding (or associate) Ministers thought [etc.]. 1868 M. E. Grant Duff Polit. Surv. 121 Reconstruction is readmission of the seceding States to political communion. 1886 W. E. Gladstone Let. in J. Morley Life Gladstone (1903) III. ix. vii. 322 Will the seceding colleagues come if they are asked? This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1911; most recently modified version published online March 2018). < adj.1757 |
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