单词 | stationing |
释义 | stationingn. The action of station v.; the assigning of a post, place, or position to someone or something. Also: an instance of this. ΘΚΠ society > faith > worship > sacrament > order > induction > [noun] inductingc1380 inductionc1380 institutionc1380 instituting1534 planting1649 settlement1723 stationing1735 the world > space > place > placing or fact of being placed in (a) position > [noun] > for a duty or purpose embassy1549 ambassy1625 posting1847 stationing?1850 ambassadry1880 1735 Particulars Enq. into Mr. Benjamin Wooley's Conduct 2 To reconsider the Choice and Stationing of Mr. Woolley. 1768 A. Tucker Light of Nature Pursued II. i. 31 Forms, qualities and essences are..interchangeable among one another by the various stationing of the materials composing them. 1796 Free Enq. 82 The delegates from the preachers are drawing up the rough plan of stationing. ?1850 Butler, Wine-dealer, & Private Brewer 104 The stationing of many servants for due efficiency without confusion requires much judgment. 1894 Parl. Deb. 4th Ser. 27 1007 There is still no cavalry regiment available for stationing at Brighton. 1914 Eng. Hist. Rev. July 474 Matters having to do principally with the stationing of troops and commanders in the West Indies. 1979 M. E. Meeker Lit. & Violence in N. Arabia v. 83 The narrator carefully specifies a series of strategic movements, stationings, and observations. 2006 N.Y. Rev. Bks. 11 May 44/1 The PCI opposed the stationing of cruise missiles in Italy in 1979. Compounds Stationing Committee n. Christian Church (in some Protestant, esp. Methodist, churches) a committee appointed to assign ministers to congregations. ΚΠ 1803 Gen. Rules Govt. New Connexion Methodists 23 The president of the conference shall nominate the stationing committee. 1904 12th Triennial Session National Council Congregational Churches U.S. 346 The suggestions of the stationing committee are usually accepted in good faith by both [ministers and people]. 1992 Irish Times (Nexis) 8 July 10 Methodist Ministers are appointed by the conference in June to their circuits on the recommendations of the Stationing Committee. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2012; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1735 |
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