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单词 Rump Parliament
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Definition of Rump Parliament in English:

Rump Parliament

proper noun
  • The part of the Long Parliament which continued to sit after Pride's Purge in 1648 and voted for the trial which resulted in the execution of Charles I.

    残余国会(1648年普赖德大清洗后继续开会的长期国会,会议期间表决审判查理一世之事,最后导致其被处决)

Origin

Origin uncertain: said to derive from The Bloody Rump, the name of a paper written before the trial, the word being popularized after a speech by Major General Brown, given at a public assembly; also said to have been coined by Clem Walker in his History of Independency (1648), as a term for those strenuously opposing the king.

Definition of Rump Parliament in US English:

Rump Parliament

proper noun
  • The part of the Long Parliament in Britain that continued to sit after the forced exclusion of Presbyterian members in 1648. It voted for the trial that resulted in the execution of Charles I.

    残余国会(1648年普赖德大清洗后继续开会的长期国会,会议期间表决审判查理一世之事,最后导致其被处决)

Origin

Origin uncertain: said to derive from The Bloody Rump, the name of a paper written before the trial, the word being popularized after a speech by Major General Brown, given at a public assembly; also said to have been coined by Clem Walker in his History of Independency (1648), as a term for those strenuously opposing the king.

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