单词 | stadthouse |
释义 | stadthousen. A town-hall, esp. one in a Dutch town (or Dutch colony). ΘΚΠ society > authority > rule or government > ruler or governor > deliberative, legislative, or administrative assembly > local government body > [noun] > local government offices > town-hall > in Holland or Germany stadthouse1646 stadthaus1840 1646 J. Howell Lustra Ludovici ii. 42 A Stat-House in Delph in Holland, which had bin burnt in like maner and reedified. 1673 W. Temple Observ. United Provinces ii. 86 The Magnificence of their Publique Buildings, as Stadthouse and Arsenals. 1704 London Gaz. No. 4077/3 Having shewn his Grace their Famous Stadhouse. 1767 Ann. Reg. 1766 94/1 A most terrible fire at Muskau in Upper Lusatia, which reduced to ashes, two churches, the stadthouse [etc.]. 1848 W. Irving Hist. N.Y. (rev. ed.) iv. vi. 227 A great banquet was served up in the stadthouse. 1849 T. B. Macaulay Hist. Eng. I. v. 550 The Stadthouse of Amsterdam. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1915; most recently modified version published online June 2021). < n.1646 |
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