A formal document containing a petition to a person in authority; a written petition. Obsolete.
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释义 | the mind > language > speech > request > [noun] > one who requests or petitions > letter or document (7) bill1377 A formal document containing a petition to a person in authority; a written petition. Obsolete. petition1414 A written or formal request. In earlier use: a formal document in which the British Houses of Parliament (originally the House of Commons) presented… supplicationc1419 A formal, usually written, petition made to a king, official, court, etc. Now chiefly Law. subligationc1600 Probably: = supplication, n. 4a. fire briefa1643 a letter or notice requesting financial assistance for victims of a fire. begging-letter1849 attributive and in other combinations, as begging-bowl, begging-box, begging-expedition, begging-letter, begging-letter-writer. slum1851 A begging-letter. |
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