Definition of Prorogued

1. Verb. (past of prorogue) ¹

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Definition of Prorogued

1. prorogue [v] - See also: prorogue

Lexicographical Neighbors of Prorogued

prorectorate
prorectorates
prorectors
proreform
prorenin
prores
proresearch
prorhinal
prorogate
prorogated
prorogates
prorogating
prorogation
prorogations
prorogue
prorogued (current term)
prorogues
proroguing
prorupt
prorupted
proruption
proruptions
pros
pros and cons
prosaic
prosaical
prosaicality
prosaically
prosaicalness
prosaicism

Literary usage of Prorogued

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. An Index of Dates: Comprehending the Principal Facts in the Chronology and by J. Willoughby Rosse, John Blair (1859)
"8—inquires into the proceedings of the South Sea Company ; prorogued, Aug. ... 13—prorogued, May 22,1760. Six parliaments and thirty sessions after ..."

2. The Works of Tennyson by Alfred Tennyson Tennyson, Hallam Tennyson Tennyson (1908)
"Early on the morrow, before the address could be presented, Charles appeared in the Lords and prorogued Parliament for two months. ..."

3. The Cambridge Modern History by John Emerich Edward Dalberg Acton Acton, Ernest Alfred Benians, Sir Adolphus William Ward, George Walter Prothero (1908)
"Early on the morrow, before the address could be presented, Charles appeared in the Lords and prorogued Parliament for two months. ..."

4. The History of England from the Accession of James II. by Thomas Babington Macaulay Macaulay, Samuel Austin Allibone (1875)
"The Convocation was prorogued for six weeks. When those six weeks had expired, it was prorogued again ; and many years elapsed before it was permitted to ..."

5. History of New England by John Gorham Palfrey, Francis Winthrop Palfrey (1890)
"... prorogued it for two months longer, still to meet at Boston, and subsequently to a day still later, then to meet at Cambridge.2 The ostensible reason ..."

6. The Origin and Growth of the English Constitution: An Historical Treatise by Hannis Taylor (1898)
"... for a hundred and thirty-five years prorogued immediately after assembling. had been elected. The effect of the act was so to strengthen ministers by ..."

7. History of England by Thomas Babington Macaulay, Baron Thomas Babington Macaulay Macaulay (1897)
"The Convocation was prorogued for six weeks. When those six weeks had expired, it was prorogued again; and many years elapsed before it was permitted to ..."

8. The History of England from the Accession of James II by Thomas Babington Macaulay Macaulay, Hannah More Macaulay Trevelyan (1858)
"The Convocation was prorogued for six weeks. When those six weeks had expired, it was prorogued again ; and many years elapsed before it was permitted to ..."

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