wand of peace
名词 n.
英 /ˌwɒnd‿əv ˈpiːs/
美 /ˌwɑnd‿əv ˈpis/
英文释义
名词 n.
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A wand or staff with a silver tip which was given to an outlaw as a sign that they were restored to the king's or queen's peace; and also carried by a messenger of the monarch as a symbol of office, to be broken in protest in cases of deforcement (“resistance to the execution of the law”).
— A Respit maid to DONALD MAKLAUCHRANE, for art and part of the slauchter of Robert Fargussoun of Brakanside and Alexander Fargussoun, and for all uther actiouns, etc.,— […] To endure for xix zeris, etc.: With power to the schireffis of Edinburgh and Dumfreis to relesch him fra the horne and deliver him the wand of pece, etc.
词形变化
词源
From wand (“handheld narrow rod, used for instructing or pointing, or as a traditional emblem of authority”) + of + peace.
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