| 单词 | state demesne |
| 释义 | > as lemmasState demesne d. demesne of the Crown, Royal demesne: the private property of the Crown, Crown-lands. demesne of the State, State demesne: land held by the state or nation, and of which the revenues are appropriated to national purposes. ΚΠ 1292 [see sense 4]. c1460 J. Fortescue Governance of Eng. (1885) x The Kyng off Ffraunce myght not sumtyme dyspende off his demaynes, as in lordeshippes, and oþer patrimonie peculier, so mich as myght tho the Kynge off England. 1579 T. North tr. Plutarch Liues 878 Parte also they [sc. the Romans] reserued to their state as demeane. 1583 Sir T. Smith's De Republica Anglorum ii. xiv. 58 The reuenues of the crowne, aswell that which came of the patrimony which we cal the demeasnes. 1650 T. Fuller Pisgah-sight of Palestine ii. i. 57 Converting them into demeans of his Crown. a1683 A. Sidney Disc. Govt. (1698) iii. §xxix. 395 According to the known maxim of the State, that the demeasnes of the Crown..cannot be alienated. 1759 W. Robertson Hist. Scotl. I. iii. 226 These were part of the royal demesnes. 1832 W. Irving Alhambra I. 40 The Alhambra continued a royal demesne, and was occasionally inhabited by the Castilian monarchs. 1838 T. Arnold Hist. Rome (1846) I. xiv. 271 The mass of the conquered territory was left as the demesne of the State. 1874 J. R. Green Short Hist. Eng. People ii. §6. 89 The bulk of the cities were situated in the royal demesne. < as lemmas |
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