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== Webster's Dictionary <ref name="term_157455" /> == | |||
<p> (1): (n.) A frame of adjustable boards erected on a post, and having holes through which the head and hands of an offender were thrust so as to be exposed in front of it. </p> <p> (2): (v. t.) Figuratively, to expose to public scorn. </p> <p> (3): (v. t.) To set in, or punish with, the pillory. </p> | |||
== The Nuttall Encyclopedia <ref name="term_77997" /> == | |||
<p> An obsolete instrument of punishment for centuries in use all over Europe, consisted of a platform, an upright pole, and at a convenient height cross-boards with holes, in which the culprit's neck and wrists were placed and fastened; so fixed he was exposed in some public place to the insults and noxious missiles of the mob. Formerly in [[England]] the penalty of forgery, perjury, &c., it became after the [[Commonwealth]] a favourite punishment for seditious libellers. It was last inflicted in London in 1830, and was abolished by law in 1837. </p> | <p> An obsolete instrument of punishment for centuries in use all over Europe, consisted of a platform, an upright pole, and at a convenient height cross-boards with holes, in which the culprit's neck and wrists were placed and fastened; so fixed he was exposed in some public place to the insults and noxious missiles of the mob. Formerly in [[England]] the penalty of forgery, perjury, &c., it became after the [[Commonwealth]] a favourite punishment for seditious libellers. It was last inflicted in London in 1830, and was abolished by law in 1837. </p> | ||
==References == | ==References == | ||
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<ref name="term_157455"> [https://bibleportal.com/dictionary/webster-s-dictionary/pillory Pillory from Webster's Dictionary]</ref> | |||
<ref name="term_77997"> [https://bibleportal.com/encyclopedia/the-nuttall-encyclopedia/pillory Pillory from The Nuttall Encyclopedia]</ref> | <ref name="term_77997"> [https://bibleportal.com/encyclopedia/the-nuttall-encyclopedia/pillory Pillory from The Nuttall Encyclopedia]</ref> | ||
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Revision as of 13:04, 12 October 2021
Webster's Dictionary [1]
(1): (n.) A frame of adjustable boards erected on a post, and having holes through which the head and hands of an offender were thrust so as to be exposed in front of it.
(2): (v. t.) Figuratively, to expose to public scorn.
(3): (v. t.) To set in, or punish with, the pillory.
The Nuttall Encyclopedia [2]
An obsolete instrument of punishment for centuries in use all over Europe, consisted of a platform, an upright pole, and at a convenient height cross-boards with holes, in which the culprit's neck and wrists were placed and fastened; so fixed he was exposed in some public place to the insults and noxious missiles of the mob. Formerly in England the penalty of forgery, perjury, &c., it became after the Commonwealth a favourite punishment for seditious libellers. It was last inflicted in London in 1830, and was abolished by law in 1837.
