House of Keys

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词形变化

the House of Keys

释义与例句

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  1. 1.

    The lower house of Tynwald, the Isle of Man parliament.

词源

Disputed. Possibly from keys (a Latin document from 1417 refers to Claves Mann and Claves Legis: the Keys of Mann and the Keys of Law); possibly from Norse verb kjósa, "to choose"; possibly from the Manx term kiare as feed, "twenty-four", because the House has always had 24 members.

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