different between proscription vs outlawry

English

Etymology

From Middle English proscripcion, from Latin pr?scr?pti?, from pr?scr?b? (originally "publish in writing"), from pr?- and scr?b? (“write”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /p???sk??p.??n/, /p?o??sk??p.??n/
• Rhymes: -?p??n
• Hyphenation: pro?scrip?tion

Noun

proscription (countable and uncountable, plural proscriptions)

1. A prohibition.
2. (historical) Decree of condemnation toward one or more persons, especially in the Roman antiquity.
   • 1837, Alfred John Church and William Jackson Brodribb, Tacitus' Annals, book 1

     He was wholly unopposed, for the boldest spirits had fallen in battle, or in the proscription [...]

3. The act of proscribing, or its result.
4. A decree or law that prohibits.

Usage notes

• Not to be confused with prescription

Related terms

• proscribe
• proscriptive
• proscriptively

Translations

French

Etymology

From Latin pr?scr?pti?, from pr?scr?bere (originally "publish in writing"), from pr?- and scr?bere.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /p??s.k?ip.sj??/

Noun

proscription f (plural proscriptions)

1. (historical) Condemnation made against political opponents, especially the Roman antiquity and during the French Revolution.
2. Banishment of a person or group.
3. Proscription (2)

Related terms

• proscrire
• proscripteur

Further reading

• “proscription” in Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).

English

Etymology

From outlaw +? -ry, after Anglo-Norman utlagarie, utlarie et al., and Late Latin utlagaria.

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /?a?tl???i/

Noun

outlawry (countable and uncountable, plural outlawries)

1. (law, historical) A declaration that an individual cannot benefit from the protection of law in a jurisdiction. [from 14th c.]
   • c. 1649, John Milton, Observations upon the Articles of Peace with the Irish Rebels […]

     Notwithstanding any disposition made or to be made , by virtue or colour of any attainder , outlawry , fugacy , or other forfeiture

2. The state of being an outlaw; lawlessness. [from 19th c.]
   • 1977, Alistair Horne, A Savage War of Peace, New York Review Books 2006, p. 134:

     Through this ‘passing-out ceremony’ the apprentice became both proven in reliability and bound, Faust-like, to the rebel cause by his act of outlawry.

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