单词 | stateship |
释义 | stateshipn.ΚΠ 1604 W. Stoughton Assertion True & Christian Church-policie 167 Wee graunt that the same [sc. each of the Three Estates] hath his stateship, by the authoritie of God. 1648 Mercurius Aulicus 17–24 Feb. 31 His Stateship being very much incensed, gave order that arrowes should be shot into the towne, with papers of indemnity to all (except the 4 great ones) if they presently came away. 1663 J. Heath Chron. Late Intestine War (new ed.) ii. 613 The Tax was raised again to 120000 l. per mensem (at which rate it had almost continued since their Stateship and outlived them but two months). 2. Irish History. The territory or district of a tribe, as a political unit; = tuath n.The early Irish polity based on stateships, or tuatha, came to an end in the early Middle Ages. ΘΚΠ society > society and the community > kinship or relationship > kinship group > tribe > [noun] > Irish tuath1873 stateship1917 society > inhabiting and dwelling > inhabited place > district in relation to human occupation > a land or country > part of country or district > [noun] > district inhabited by a tribe tribe1643 tribeship1840 tuath1873 stateship1917 1917 D. Figgis Gaelic State Past & Future 11 He [sc. Cormac] regrouped the administrative units of the country. Until then the nation had consisted of a number of separate stateships. 1918 A. de Blacam Towards Republic iii. 24 Along the western counties, where the Irish language still predominates, traces of the life of the stateships linger to this day. 1947 P. Walsh & C. Ó Lochlainn Irish Men of Learning 138 The original stock still formed a flourishing stateship under the Kings of Midhe about the year 1000. 1998 Hist. Workshop Jrnl. Spring 113 ‘Natural areas’ corresponding to the old stateships would have to be found based on natural features. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2012; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1604 |
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