Meanings
alternative censitarian
- not comparablehistory(of an elective franchise, especially in the nineteenth century) dependent on or proportional to a poll tax (cense) or property qualification; restricted.
By 1791-92, the two camps were moving toward a property-based, or censitary, compromise
1988 "Peasant movements and communal property during the French Revolution" David Hunt, Theory and Society Volume 17, Number 2, p.2551 more example
The composition of the Provincial and District Assemblies out of representatives of the three orders (peasants, clergy, and nobles), and the censitary provisions taken for keeping the representatives of the peasants in a minority, were, as experience has shown, a useless and vexatious precaution.
1895 "The Present Condition of Russia" Peter Kropotkin, Littell's Living Age (reprinted from Nineteenth Century) Volume 207, Number 2677 (26 October 1895) p.223, fn
Synonyms & antonyms
Origin
- Latincensere“assess (for tax)”
- Medieval Latincensitarius
- Englishcensitary
From Medieval Latin censitarius, from Latin censere (“assess (for tax)”). Compare French censitaire, Spanish and Italian censitario.
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