单词 | capitoul |
释义 | capitouln. Now historical. (The title of) any one of the municipal magistrates of Toulouse in south-west France. Chiefly in plural with the. Cf. capitoulat n.The capitouls (usually between eight and twelve in number) formed the municipal council of Toulouse from the 12th cent. until the office was abolished in 1789. ΘΚΠ society > authority > office > holder of office > magistrate > municipal magistrate > [noun] > European magistrates schepen1480 scabine1526 consul1583 capitoul1607 echevin1670 1607 E. Grimeston tr. J. de Serres in tr. Gen. Inuentorie Hist. France ii. 602 The Capitouls [Fr. les Capitouls] being more modest, imployed their authoritie to quench these first flames. 1607 E. Grimeston tr. J. de Serres in tr. Gen. Inuentorie Hist. France ii. 787 The Capitoulx [Fr. les Capitoux] and all the rest of the Cittizens..make knowne vnto the King, the desire they haue to yeeld obedience and dutye to his Maistie. 1674 C. Cotton tr. B. de Montluc Commentaries vi. 282 I sent immediately post to Tholouze to advertize the Court and the Capitouls, that they must forthwith betake themselves to arms. 1749 T. Nugent Grand Tour IV. 273 Their eschevins were called capitouls. 1765 L. Sterne Life Tristram Shandy VII. xvii. 57 We shall rank higher still—we shall be above you all—we shall be Capitouls at least. 1818 H. Hallam View Europe Middle Ages I. ii. 211 The capitouls of Toulouse pretend to an extravagant antiquity. 1883 H. James En Province in Atlantic Monthly Oct. 460/2 The ancient custom of the Floral Games... This business takes place in the Capitol, before the chief magistrate of the town, who is known as the capitoul. 1932 Harvard Law Rev. 45 1431 The bounty..did not reimburse them for even the material losses suffered at the hands of the ‘capitoul’ David and the magistrates of Toulouse. 1967 M. Ward Du Barry Inheritance ii. 36 His family..was one of those which provided the ‘Capitouls’ of Toulouse. 1998 Courier Mail (Queensland, Austral.) (Nexis) 29 Aug. (Weekend) 18 At the end of the 12th century it was home to the first councillors ever to be elected here—the Capitouls. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2012; most recently modified version published online December 2021). < n.1607 |
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