| 单词 |
intercommuning |
| 释义 |
intercommuning, vbl. n.
[f. intercommune v. (q.v. for stress) + -ing1.]
1. Mutual conversation, discourse, or intercourse.
c1374Chaucer Boeth. ii. pr. vii. 44 (Camb. MS.) [For] defawte of vn-vsage and entrecomunynge of marchaundise. 1574Whitgift Def. Aunsw. ii. Wks. (Parker Soc.) I. 260 Participation and intercommuning of the churches together, by councils and assemblies. 1833L. Ritchie Wand. by Loire 220 To be selected for his intercommunings by a man like him..was something.
2. Sc. Law. The holding of intercourse or having dealings with a person legally proscribed. letter (or writ) of intercommuning: a letter issued by the Privy Council, or other authority, prohibiting intercourse with the person or persons named in it. Now Hist.
1646Bp. Maxwell Burd. Issach. in Phenix (1708) II. 300 Upon the same Remonstrance goeth out a Writ, which there they call Letters of Intercommuning..the Intent is, that none of the King's Subjects commune or confer with him..otherwise, the Intercommuner is to be judg'd and reputed to be a Rebel of the same guiltiness. 1761–2Hume Hist. Eng. (1806) V. lxvi. 59 Several writs of intercommuning were now issued against the hearers and preachers in conventicles. a1806Fox Hist. Jas. II, ii. (1808) 110 Letters had been issued by government, forbidding the intercommuning with persons who had neglected, or refused, to appear before the privy council, when cited for the above crimes.
†b. under intercommuning: proscribed by letters of intercommuning. Obs.
1679Lond. Gaz. No. 1406/2 Whereas there are several Persons under Caption and Intercommuning in the said Shire for several Causes [etc.]. |
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