单词 | sedition |
释义 | seditionn.ΘΚΠ society > society and the community > social relations > party or faction > [noun] > factious strife or quarrel seditiona1380 faction1549 parts1600 brigue1602 part-fray1631 stasis1933 a1380 S. Ambrose 113 in Horstm. Altengl. Leg. (1878) 10 Þei neore not alle in on red, Þer ros a gret sediciun Tofore þat ilke elecciun. c1384 Bible (Wycliffite, E.V.) (Douce 369(2)) (1850) Deeds xxiv. 5 We han foundun this man..stiringe sedicioun, or dissencioun, to alle Jewis..and auctour of seducioun of the secte of Nazarens. c1384 Bible (Wycliffite, E.V.) (Douce 369(2)) (1850) Mark xv. 7 Barabas, that was boundun with sleeris of men, and that hadde don manslauȝtre in seducioun, that is, debaat in cytee. 1402 Polit. Poems (Rolls) II. 56 Foure angels singnefien foure general synnes,..cediciouns, supersticions, the glotouns, and the proude. 1447 O. Bokenham Agnes in Lyvys Seyntys 490 And wyth her wurdys a sedycyoun lo Among þe peple dede grow. 1477 W. Caxton tr. R. Le Fèvre Hist. Jason (1913) 103 Some ther were couetous desiring their singuler prouffit accorded vnto this sedicion. c1480 (a1400) St. Paul 163 in W. M. Metcalfe Legends Saints Sc. Dial. (1896) I. 33 Þe folk of rowme..Raisit in hym sedicione, and wald have brokyn his palace done. c1480 (a1400) St. John Evangelist 291 in W. M. Metcalfe Legends Saints Sc. Dial. (1896) I. 117 Al þa þat mad sacrifice til mawmentis..Ine þe puple [raisit] seduccione a-gane sancte Iohne. 1529 T. More Dialogue Heresyes i, in Wks. 150/2 As though these men were Apostles now specially sent by god to preache heresyes and sow sedicion among christen men. 1536 in State Papers Henry VIII (1834) II. 356 For this cuntrey passith all that ever I sawe, for ministration of sedition and discorde. c1550 Complaynt Scotl. (1979) ix. 61 Thair vas gryt sedition and discentione amang al the gryt personagis of grece. 1602 W. Segar Honor Mil. & Civill i. iii. 4 When the Romanes were diuided, one faction labouring to oppresse another..such enimitie was called Sedition. 1628 T. Hobbes tr. Thucydides Peloponnesian War (1822) 87 But there would be thoughts of sedition in one towards another in the city. 2. a. A concerted movement to overthrow an established government; a revolt, rebellion, mutiny. Now rare. ΘΚΠ society > authority > lack of subjection > rebelliousness > insurrection > [noun] > an insurrection uparisingc1325 rebelliona1382 risingc1390 risec1400 surrectionc1418 rebela1425 upsetc1425 insurrection1459 mutinewe?c1550 revolt1553 tumult1560 emotion1562 sedition1585 uprising1587 innovation1601 esmeute1652 turgency1660 émeute1782 outbreak1826 uprisal1871 upsurge1930 1585 T. Washington tr. N. de Nicolay Nauigations Turkie iv. xxix. 150 Messenie..was giuen to reuolting & seditions. 1625 F. Bacon Ess. (new ed.) 80 The Matter of Seditions is of two kindes, Much Poverty and Much Discontentment. 1689 W. Popple tr. J. Locke Let. conc. Toleration 50 Seditions are very frequently raised, upon pretence of Religion. 1755 S. Johnson Dict. Eng. Lang. Sedition, a tumult; an insurrection; a popular commotion; an uproar. 1788 E. Gibbon Decline & Fall V. xlviii. 83 With the dawn of day the city burst into a general sedition. 1842 M. Elphinstone Hist. India II. 65 The tribe had turned into a turbulent democracy..; a sedition had broken out about the property left by Kuttaul. 1871 B. Jowett tr. Plato Dialogues IV. 273 By reason of inequality, cities are filled with seditions. 1886 Encycl. Brit. XXI. 620/1 In the Acts of Congress [of the United States] the word ‘sedition’ appears to occur only in the army and navy articles. A soldier joining any sedition or who, being present at any sedition, does not use his utmost endeavour to suppress the same is punishable with death. b. Conduct or language inciting to rebellion against the constituted authority in a state. ΘΚΠ society > authority > lack of subjection > rebelliousness > sedition > [noun] sedition1556 incendiarism1675 Prometheanism1976 1838 W. Bell Dict. Law Scotl. (at cited word) Sedition is distinguished from leasing-making, in this respect, that the object of leasing-making is to disparage or prejudice the private character of the Sovereign, whereas sedition is directed against the order and tranquility of the State. 1877 Act 40 & 41 Vict. c. 21 §40 [A] prisoner..on conviction for sedition or seditious libel shall be treated as a misdemeanant of the first division. 1883 J. F. Stephen Hist. Criminal Law II. xxiv. 298 As for sedition itself I do not think that any such offence is known to English law. 1887 J. Chamberlain Speech Irish Question 11 Oct. in Speeches (1890) 49 Loyalty in the House of Commons—Irish loyalty—is represented only by seventeen votes, and sedition, on the contrary, enjoys a majority of eighty-six votes. ΘΚΠ the world > movement > motion in specific manner > irregular movement or agitation > [noun] > specifically of liquids or air troublingc1340 walming?1527 sedition1635 boil1813 1635 W. Habington Castara (ed. 2) iii. 220 When the distracted Ocean Swells to Sedition, and obeyes no Law. 1671 R. Bohun Disc. Wind 12 But what Seditions, Eddies and Undulations must this cause in the whole body of Air. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1911; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < |
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