| 单词 | call day |
| 释义 | > as lemmascall day call day n. †(a) (in a parliamentary house, esp. the House of Commons) a day appointed for the reading out of members' names from a list in order to establish who is present (see sense 4) (obsolete); †(b) a day appointed for the yearly assembly of the Orphan's court (Orphan's court n. at orphan n. and adj. Compounds 2) (obsolete); (c) (in the English Inns of Court) a day on which a ceremony to call students to the bar is held (see sense 11b, to be called to the bar at bar n.1 24). ΘΚΠ the world > time > period > year > [noun] > specific days of the year Candlemas1014 May Day1267 All Souls' Dayc1300 midsummer evena1400 firstc1400 Beltane1424 midsummer eve1426 quarter day1435 Beltane1456 mid-Sundaya1475 madding-day1568 Lord Mayor's day1591 Barnaby bright1595 Lammas-eve1597 All Saints' Night1607 Handsel Monday1635 distaff's day1648 long Barnabya1657 St. Valentine's eve1671 leet-day1690 All Fools' Day1702 Boxing Day1743 April Fool's Day1748 Royal Oak Day1759 box day1765 Oak-apple Day1802 All Souls' Eve1805 mischief night1830 Shick-shack Day1847 chalk-back day1851 call night1864 Nut-Monday1867 Arbor Day1872 April Fool's1873 Labour Day1884 Martinmas Sunday1885 call day1886 Samhain1888 Juneteenth1890 Mother's Day1890 Father's Day1908 Thinking Day1927 Punkie night1931 Tweede Nuwejaar1947 1647 Moderate Intelligencer No. 136. 1334 Divers Members who came not upon the Call day, reporting the cause, were excused of there twenty pound. 1691 G. Miege New State Eng. iii. xv. 114 This Court meets at Guildhall but once a Year, viz. on the Munday morning after Midlent Sunday, which is termed Call-Day. 1720 J. Strype tr. in Stow's Survey of London (rev. ed.) II. v. xxvii. 372/2 The Lord Maior and Court of Aldermen do meet at Guild-hall, and sit in the Orphans Court, once in every Year..to hear the Names of all Securities..called over; wherefore that Day is called Call-day. 1785 Morning Chron. 21 Feb. Pursuant to an order of that House, the names of the several defaulters on the last Call Day will be read over. 1843 Satirist 5 Mar. 2/3 Q. 5. What is a duces tecum? A. Bringing a friend to Hall on call day. 1886 Whitaker's Almanack 9 Inns of Court Law (Dining) Terms—Hilary begins 11 January, ends 1 February; Call Day, 26 January. 2006 Times 17 Oct. (Student Law section) 8/6 Call day: I'd made it! I got my BVC results... All that remained was to be Called. < as lemmas |
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