Magna Carta
/ˌmægnəˈkɑːtə/1
- a charter of liberty and political rights obtained from King John of England by his rebellious barons at Runnymede in 1215, which came to be seen as the seminal document of English constitutional practice大宪章（1215年英国兰尼米德的反叛贵族迫使英王约翰签署的保障自由和政治权利的文件, 后被视为开英国立宪先河的文件）。
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- as noun a Magna Carta a similar document of rights大宪章式的文件。
词源
from medieval Latin, 'great charter'.