† brehonn.

Brit.

/ˈbriːhən/, U.S.

/ˈbriˌhɑn/, Irish English

/ˈbrɛhən/

Forms: Also 1500s breighoon, 1600s brehan.

Etymology: < Irish breathamh or breitheamh, plural breitheamhuin (pronounced /ˈbrɛəvɪn/), in Old Irish brithem, genitive brithemon ‘judge’, < breth judgement.

Obsolete exc. Historical.

a. An ancient Irish judge.

ΘΚΠ

society > law > administration of justice > one who administers justice > judge > [noun] > ancient Irish

brehonc1571

c1571 E. Campion Two Bks. Hist. Ireland (1963) i. vi. 24 The Breighon (so they call this kynde of lawyer) sittethe hym downe on a bancke.

1596 E. Spenser View State Ireland 4 In the case of murder, the Brehon, that is their judge, will compound between the murderer and the friends of the party murdered.

1827 H. Hallam Constit. Hist. Eng. II. xviii. 702 In the territories of each sept, judges called Brehons..sat..to determine controversies.

1875 H. J. S. Maine Lect. Early Hist. Inst. ii. 24 They are..the creation of a class of professional lawyers, the Brehons.

b. Brehon law n. the code of law which prevailed in Ireland before its occupation by the English, finally abolished in the reign of James I.

ΘΚΠ

society > law > system of laws > [noun] > Irish

Brehon law1596

1596 E. Spenser View State Ireland 4 What is that you call Brehon Law?..It is a rule of right unwritten, but delivered by tradition from one to another.

1614 W. Raleigh Hist. World i. v. ii. §2. 385 One that hath quite abolished a slauish Brehon Law.

a1687 W. Petty Polit. Anat. Ireland (1691) 112 Governed by different Laws; the Irish by the Brehan-Law, and the English there by the Laws of England.

a1797 E. Burke Ess. Abridgm. Eng. Hist. (rev. ed.) in Wks. (1812) V. 561 The narrow notions of our lawyers, who abolished the authority of the Brehon law, and at the same time kept no monuments of it.

1856 J. A. Froude Hist. Eng. II. 248 The Brehon traditions—a convenient system, which was called law, but which in practice was a happy contrivance for the composition of felonies.

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1888; most recently modified version published online June 2022).

单词	brehon
释义	† brehonn. Brit. /ˈbriːhən/, U.S. /ˈbriˌhɑn/, Irish English /ˈbrɛhən/ Forms: Also 1500s breighoon, 1600s brehan. Etymology: < Irish breathamh or breitheamh, plural breitheamhuin (pronounced /ˈbrɛəvɪn/), in Old Irish brithem, genitive brithemon ‘judge’, < breth judgement. Obsolete exc. Historical. a. An ancient Irish judge. ΘΚΠ society > law > administration of justice > one who administers justice > judge > [noun] > ancient Irish brehonc1571 c1571 E. Campion Two Bks. Hist. Ireland (1963) i. vi. 24 The Breighon (so they call this kynde of lawyer) sittethe hym downe on a bancke. 1596 E. Spenser View State Ireland 4 In the case of murder, the Brehon, that is their judge, will compound between the murderer and the friends of the party murdered. 1827 H. Hallam Constit. Hist. Eng. II. xviii. 702 In the territories of each sept, judges called Brehons..sat..to determine controversies. 1875 H. J. S. Maine Lect. Early Hist. Inst. ii. 24 They are..the creation of a class of professional lawyers, the Brehons. b. Brehon law n. the code of law which prevailed in Ireland before its occupation by the English, finally abolished in the reign of James I. ΘΚΠ society > law > system of laws > [noun] > Irish Brehon law1596 1596 E. Spenser View State Ireland 4 What is that you call Brehon Law?..It is a rule of right unwritten, but delivered by tradition from one to another. 1614 W. Raleigh Hist. World i. v. ii. §2. 385 One that hath quite abolished a slauish Brehon Law. a1687 W. Petty Polit. Anat. Ireland (1691) 112 Governed by different Laws; the Irish by the Brehan-Law, and the English there by the Laws of England. a1797 E. Burke Ess. Abridgm. Eng. Hist. (rev. ed.) in Wks. (1812) V. 561 The narrow notions of our lawyers, who abolished the authority of the Brehon law, and at the same time kept no monuments of it. 1856 J. A. Froude Hist. Eng. II. 248 The Brehon traditions—a convenient system, which was called law, but which in practice was a happy contrivance for the composition of felonies. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1888; most recently modified version published online June 2022). < n.c1571
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