| 单词 | by appointment |
| 释义 | > as lemmasby appointment 8. The action of nominating to, or placing in, an office; the office so given. Esp. in by appointment, by or as by royal warrant. ΘΚΠ society > authority > office > appointment to office > [noun] ordainmenta1325 instituingc1380 establishingc1400 assignment1447 prefermentc1465 appointing1520 anointment1561 ordination1650 appointment1658 constitution1665 makinga1715 society > authority > office > appointment to office > by appointment [phrase] by appointment1864 society > authority > delegated authority > [phrase] > by or as by royal appointment by appointment1864 1658–9 Ld. Lambert in T. Burton Diary (1828) III. 333 By your appointment agree the Government. Then appoint officers. 1863 H. Cox Inst. Eng. Govt. ii. iii. 342 The appointment of incompetent judges. 1863 H. Cox Inst. Eng. Govt. ii. iii. 342 These appointments are made by the ministers of the Crown. 1864 C. Dickens Our Mutual Friend (1865) I. i. v. 33 He..settled it with himself..that he was errand-goer by appointment to the house at the corner. 1866 ‘G. Eliot’ Felix Holt I. ii. 72 A poor baronet, hoping for an appointment. 1874 Davidson Concise Preced. 477 Appointment of new trustees of a will. 1878 W. E. H. Lecky Hist. Eng. 18th Cent. I. iii. 426 His appointment to the lucrative office of Joint Vice-Treasurer of Ireland. 1962 Guardian 2 Dec. 12/1 A list of Royal Warrant holders..shows that only two firms are now permitted to style themselves ‘By Appointment to the late Queen Alexandra’. < as lemmas |
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