bed of justice

短语

词形变化

beds of justice 复数 beds of justice

释义与例句

n.
  1. 1.

    A special parliamentary session headed by the king in pre-Revolutionary France, where royal edicts could be forcibly registered.

    D'Argenson was prepared with advice. ‘A bed of justice will suffice, Highness.’

词源

Calque of French lit de justice, referring to the throne occupied by the king when sitting in one of his judicial courts.

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