单词 | syndic |
释义 | syndicn. 1. An officer of government having different powers in different countries; a civil magistrate, or one of several such, entrusted with the affairs of a city or community; spec. each of four chief magistrates of Geneva. ΘΚΠ society > authority > office > holder of office > magistrate > [noun] > in various places syndic1603 1603 R. Johnson tr. G. Botero Hist. Descr. Worlde 88 The towne [sc. Geneva] is gouerned by a counsell of two hundred,..out of which is chosen an other counsel, composed of fiue and twentie, and out of these fower especiall men, called Sindiques, who haue the managing of the whole commonwealth. 1654 B. Whitelocke Jrnl. Swedish Ambassy (1772) I. 142 The three presidents, who are the principal magistrates of the town, with the syndick, who is in nature of recorder. c1660 J. Evelyn Diary anno 1644 (1955) II. 171 We got to Anker..at the mouth of the Mole of Genoa..and came on shore of the Prattique-house, where after strict examination by the Syndics, we were had to the Ducal Palace. 1717 G. Berkeley Jrnls. Trav. Italy Sept. in Wks. (1955) VII. 315 In Foria they have a Syndic for supreme magistrate. 1753 J. Hanway Hist. Acct. Brit. Trade Caspian Sea II. xlii. 276 There are also four sindics, or lawyers, who act as secretaries of the state [at Hamburg]. 1788 A. Young Jrnl. 19 Sept. in Trav. France (1792) i. 88 Turned aside to Auvergnac, the seat of the count de la Bourdonaye, to whom I had a letter..as a person able to give me every species of intelligence relative to Bretagne, having for five-and-twenty years been first syndac of the noblesse. 1814 H. M. Brackenridge Views Louisiana ii. vi. 138 Each district had its commandant, or syndic. These were the judges in civil matters..and had also command of the militia. 1882 ‘Ouida’ In Maremma I. 18 The little band halted..in the midst of the cathedral square while the captain bade farewell to the syndic of the town. 2. One deputed to represent, and transact the affairs of, a corporation, e.g. a university; spec. in the University of Cambridge, applied to members of special committees of the senate, appointed by grace for specific duties. ΘΚΠ society > authority > delegated authority > one having delegated or derived authority > [noun] > delegate > of a corporation or university syndic1607 1607 T. Ridley View Civile & Eccl. Law 4 What is the office of a Procurator, Solicitor, or Sindict, or Factor? 1612 J. Donne Lett. (1651) 129 A Book written against the Popes jurisdiction..by one Richer, a Dr and Syndique of the Sorbonists. 1662 Grace Senate Univ. Camb. 22 July in Kennett Register (1728) I. 733 May it please you, that Dr. Gunning and Dr. Pearson may be your legal Syndicks..to treat and conclude with the said Archbishop. 1726 J. Ayliffe Parergon Juris Canonici Anglicani 427 As a Proctor has the Management of the Business of particular Individuals; so a Syndick manages the Affairs of aggregate Corporations. 1778 Philos. Trans. 1777 (Royal Soc.) 67 408 Mr. Leyser, syndic of the mines was..at the top of the pit. 1814 Monthly Mag. Apr. 293/1 The [printing] machine has been exhibited to the Syndics of the press at Cambridge. 1818 A. Ranken Hist. France IV. iv. iv. 324 The syndic was the general procurator or agent of the university. 1821 C. Butler Hist. Mem. Eng. Catholics IV. lv. §2. 13 The greater canons constituted the chapter..with..an officer called a sindic to transact their temporal concerns. 1867 Chambers's Encycl. IX. 255/2 The various trading companies in Paris and the university had also their syndics. 1906 W. Walker John Calvin i. 11 The Sorbonne, under the lead of its syndic, Noël Béda, condemned his views in April, 1521. ΘΚΠ the mind > attention and judgement > contempt > disapproval > dispraise or discommendation > [noun] > dispraiser > one who censures or condemns deemerc1410 controller1534 condemner?1541 censurer1586 censor1598 syndic1611 damner1647 reprobater1680 reprobator1684 exploder1749 1611 R. Cotgrave Dict. French & Eng. Tongues Syndic, a Sindicke, Censor, Controller of manners. 1617 D. Carleton Lett. (1775) 208 To make them sensible..of the wrong..in playing the syndic of the actions of so great a prince. a1649 W. Drummond Irene in Wks. (1711) 165 It is not lawful for a Subject to be a Syndick of the Actions of his Prince. 1658 in E. Phillips New World Eng. Words 4. Ancient Greek History. The title of various officials at Athens and elsewhere (see quots. and Smith's Dict. Gr. & Rom. Antiq.). ΘΚΠ society > authority > office > holder of office > public officials > [noun] > ancient Greek polemarch1579 gymnasiarch1658 syndic1682 xystarch1823 1682 G. Wheler Journey into Greece v. 391 Let the Commons chuse Syndicts, that all things which are done against evil doers, may be executed without Reproof. 1745 R. Pococke Descr. East II. ii. iii. xiv. 179 They have two or three Greek syndics on the part of the people, to take care that the antient laws of the island [sc. Cephalenia] are observed. 1808 W. Mitford Hist. Greece (new ed.) I. v. §4. 281 The new law being prepared by this numerous committee, five officers, called Syndics, were appointed to defend the old before the assembly; which then decided between the two. 5. (See quots.) rare.Apparently only attested in dictionaries or glossaries. ΘΚΠ society > trade and finance > management of money > [noun] > one who has charge of or manages money > one who manages bankrupt's estate assignees in bankruptcy1687 syndic1728 receiver1768 liquidator1858 1728 E. Chambers Cycl. Syndic,..a Person appointed to solicit some common Affair, wherein he himself has a Share; as happens particularly among several Creditors of the same Debtor, who fails, or dies insolvent [following Dict. de Trévoux]. 1846 J. E. Worcester Universal Dict. Eng. Lang. Syndic..(French law) an assignee. 1847–54 Webster's Amer. Dict. Eng. Lang. (at cited word) As in France, syndics are appointed by the creditors of a bankrupt to manage the property. Derivatives ˈsyndicship n. = syndicate n. 1. ΘΚΠ society > authority > office > holder of office > magistrate > [noun] > in various places > position of syndicate1656 syndicship1706 1706 Phillips's New World of Words (new ed.) Syndicate or Syndickship. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1919; most recently modified version published online March 2022). † syndicv. Obsolete. rare. transitive. = syndicate v. 1: cf. syndic n. 3. ΘΚΠ the mind > attention and judgement > judgement or decision > discernment, discrimination > criticism > criticize [verb (transitive)] censure1590 syndic1609 syndicate1610 arraign1623 censorize1860 censor1882 critique1950 the mind > attention and judgement > contempt > disapproval > dispraise or discommendation > dispraise or discommend [verb (transitive)] > censure or condemn bidemea1200 convictc1366 reprovea1382 damnc1386 condemna1400 deema1400 saya1400 judgec1400 reprehendc1400 reproacha1475 reprobate?a1475 arguec1475 controlc1525 twit1543 perstringe1549 tax1569 traduce1581 carp1591 censure1605 convince?1606 syndic1609 syndicate1610 to check at1642 reprimand1660 impeach1813 to stroke over1822 1609 S. Daniel Civile Wares (rev. ed.) iii. xc. 86 They, who tooke to Syndicque in this sorte The Actions of a Monarch. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1919; most recently modified version published online June 2021). < |
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