These rights were greatly curtailed by the council of Trent.
Various enactments belonging to this reign also curtailed the rights of the Bohemian townsmen.
Hence speech is only a curtailed expression of thought.
In the provincial administrations the functions of the prefects have been curtailed.
The tendencies of the tribe to independence wen crushed as their ancient popular assemblies were discouraged and the liberty of the freemen was curtailed owing to the exigencies of military service, while the power of the church was rarely directed to the highest ends.