| 单词 | the order of generosity |
| 释义 | > as lemmasthe Order of Generosity the Order of Generosity [after German Orden de la générosité (1667; now historical.)] : a Prussian order of distinction, instituted in 1667, and superseded in 1740 by the Order for Merit (see the note at merit n. 1e). Now historical. ΘΚΠ society > society and the community > social class > nobility > rank > knight > [noun] > order > knighthood > other orders > foreign > specific Prussian order of distinction the Order of Generosity1707 1707 London Gaz. No. 4359/1 His Majesty hath been pleas'd to give him the Cross of the Order of Generosity. 1736 J. Campbell Mil. Hist. Eugene of Savoy 382 His Majesty conferred on the General the Order of Generosity, in Testimony of his being highly satisfied with the General's gallant Behaviour. ?1790 N. Wyndham Trav. through Europe III. 49 Frederic III. elector of Brandenburg, and afterwards king of Prussia, instituted in 1685, the Order of Generosity. 1806 R. MacDonald Brit. Martial Reg. II. 72 Eminent service was afterwards deservedly acknowledged..in a distinguishing manner by the king of Prussia, who bestowed upon him the Order of Generosity. 1852 W. M. Thackeray Henry Esmond II. xv. 274 He wore..the star of the Order of Generosity, that his Prussian Majesty had sent him for his victory. 1955 Times 20 Oct. 11/4 The Order of Merit, at least in its prehistory, has marked international associations. Its remote ancestor is the Order of Generosity founded by Frederick Elector of Brandenberg in 1667. < as lemmas |
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