单词 | act of pacification |
释义 | > as lemmasact of pacification act of pacification n. now historical (a) a declaration or decree to put an end to civil conflict; (b) an amnesty; a declaration of indemnity. ΚΠ 1577 in G. Donaldson Reg. Secreti Sigilli Regum Scotorum (1966) VII. 175 Conforme to the act of pacificatioun. c1600 in G. Stevenson Poems A. Montgomerie (1910) 320 Quhilk is allegit to be ane interpritatioun of the said act of pacificatioun. 1641 Acts Parl. Scotl. (1870) V. 342/1 That ane act of pacification and oblivion be made in the parliamentes of all the three kingdomes for burieing in forgetfullnes all actes of hostility. 1852 N. Amer. Rev. Oct. 472 His officers, who unanimously approved of the surrender..consummated the act of pacification with a full conviction that their lives would be forfeited. 1909 J. W. Thompson Wars of Relig. in France ix. 225 The edict confirming the act of pacification (March 19, 1563) in its sixth article forbade the formation of any leagues in the future. 1995 L. Frey Treaties of War of Spanish Succession 463 Victor Amadeus enlisted Vaudois soldiers in his army; by the Act of Pacification in 1694, he allowed them to return to their valleys and worship peacefully. < as lemmas |
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