| 单词 | chamberlain ayre |
| 释义 | > as lemmaschamberlain ayre chamberlain ayre n. [ < chamberlain n. + eyre n.] Scottish (now historical) a circuit court held by the Chamberlain of Scotland (see sense 2a). ΚΠ 1433 in J. Stuart Extracts Council Reg. Aberdeen (1844) I. 390 Richard of Rutherford,..strekit a borch in Alexander of Kintoris hand,..to the neste chamerlayn air. 1587 in Bannatyne Misc. (1827) I. 115 The Duke passit to Dalkeith, to prepare for his Chalmerlayne ayre in Edinburgh. 1678 G. Mackenzie Laws & Customes Scotl. ii. v. 372 The Chamberlain was an office to whom belonged the judging of all Crimes committed within Burgh, and he was in effect Justice-general over the Burrows, and was to hold Chamberlain-Airs every year for that effect. 1779 H. Arnot Hist. Edinb. iii. v. 467 From the magistrates, an appeal lay to the chamberlain-ayre, and from the chamberlain-ayre to the court of the four boroughs. 1844 in J. Stuart Extracts Council Reg. Aberdeen I. p. lxvi Question as to the falsifying of a verdict taken to the chamberlain ayre. 1990 E. Ewan Townlife in 14th-cent. Scotl. ii. 42 There is no oath for the alderman among the oaths to be sworn by various burgh officials, nor was he called to stand challenge at the chamberlain ayre, as other officials were. < as lemmas |
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