Octroy
Definition, Meaning & Examples
Part of speech verb
Quick meaning: Octroy is a verb meaning To grant (a privilege etc, by a government etc).
Meaning
To grant (a privilege etc, by a government etc).
Example Sentences
This is only, as usual, making an individual the scapegoat of an epoch! It is given to no man to octroy the liberty of peoples.
Meanwhile, however, preparations were already being made by the imperial court to impose the octroyed constitution (composed by the Interior Minister, Count Franz Stadion) on March 4, 1849, and to dissolve the Parliament on March 7.
Word Forms
- octroys
- octroying
- octroyed
Related Words
Related dictionary entries include honor, confer, ennoble, invest, give, grant.
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