| 单词 | term-keeping |
| 释义 | > as lemmasterm-keeping term-keeping n. now chiefly historical observance of a term at a law court, university, etc., (see sense 4a), esp. as regards attendance or residence in a particular place; cf. to keep terms (see Phrases 5a). ΚΠ 1794 T. Holcroft Adventures Hugh Trevor III. vi. 97 I therefore entered myself of the Temple, and thus began another snail-pace journey of term keeping. 1845 John Bull 1 Nov. 701/3 The inns of court operations,..and term-keeping with the view of a call to the bar, recommence on Sunday next. 1913 Jrnl. Educ. (Univ. of Boston School of Educ.) 4 Sept. 202/1 The expensive tutoring and cramming which not infrequently win ‘honors’ for those whose term-keeping has been comparatively idle and careless. 2011 P. Girard Lawyers & Legal Culture in Brit. North Amer. xi. 200 With its requirements of term-keeping at Osgoode Hall..the education and socialization of lawyers was more centralized in Upper Canada than in the other colonies. < as lemmas |
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