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单词 bum-court
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bum-courtn.

Forms: 1500s bomme-court, 1500s bumme-courte, 1500s–1600s bum-court, 1600s bumme-court.
Origin: Apparently formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: bum n.1, court n.1
Etymology: Apparently < bum n.1 + court n.1 (compare quot. 1544).
slang. Obsolete.
An ecclesiastical court dealing with cases of a sexual nature.
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1544 R. Tracy Supplycacion to Kynge Henry VIII sig. Cvjv The hearinge of testamentorye causes,..of sclaunders, of leacherye, adultery, and punyshement of bawedrye, and suche other bumme courte matters.
1580 W. Fulke T. Stapleton & Martiall Confuted 128 These quarrels sir Bachiler, are more meet for the bomme-courts, in which perhaps you are a prating proctor, than for the schools of divinity.
1635 J. Jones Adrasta iii. 33 Hee shall finde no mercy i'th Bumme-Court.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2018; most recently modified version published online December 2020).
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