“cabildo”的英文意思_释义_用法

单词

cabildo

释义

‖ cabildo|kaˈbildo|
[Sp., f. late L. capitulum chapter-house: see chapter n.]
1. A town hall or town council.
1824J. R. Poinsett Notes on Mexico (1825) iv. 53 Opposite to it stands the cabildo, or town house.Ibid. x. 156 The ayuntamientos, or cabildos, were, and still are, an important branch of the government of Spanish America.1934A. Huxley Beyond Mexique Bay 140 The little plaza between the church and the cabildo, or municipality.1960H. S. Ferns Britain & Argentina in 19th Cent. i. 29 All purchases..would be at moderate prices fixed by the cabildo or municipal government.
2. (Usu. with capital initial.) The chapterhouse of a cathedral or collegiate church, or the chapter itself.
1880G. W. Cable Grandissimes xli. 320 He saw his clerks..standing idle and shabby in the arcade of the Cabildo.1924L. Hearn Amer. Miscellany lxviii, I wish to thank those who did this service for me..at the Cabildo, in New Orleans.

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