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beds of justice

beds of justice is the plural of bed of justice.

Meaning of bed of justice

Noun

bed of justice (plural beds of justice)

  1. A special parliamentary session headed by the king in pre-Revolutionary France, where royal edicts could be forcibly registered.
    • when [...] he himself announced that the king would hold a Bed of Justice to compel the instant registration of the necessary edicts, the Parliament became more exasperated than ever.1866, Charles Duke Yonge, The History of France under the Bourbons, pages 43–4

Questions about beds of justice

What is beds of justice the plural of?
Beds of justice is the plural of bed of justice.

Words near beds of justice in the dictionary

  1. beds
  2. beds down
  3. beds in
  4. beds of down
  5. beds of honour
  6. beds of justice
  7. beds of nails
  8. beds of roses
  9. beds out
  10. Beds.
  11. Bedser

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