单词 | cincture of sword |
释义 | > as lemmascincture of sword ΘΚΠ society > society and the community > social class > nobility > rank > raising to noble rank > [noun] > investing with a rank or title creation1425 investiture1549 cincture of sword1587 investure1825 1587 T. Churchyard Worthines of Wales sig. B4v By cincture of a Sword, we him ennoble reallie. 1610 P. Holland tr. W. Camden Brit. i. 249 He..by the cincture of a sword invested him in the said Earldome. 1667 Chamberlayne's Magnæ Britanniæ Notitia (1743) i. iii. iii. 163 A Duke is at this day created by Patent, anciently by cincture of sword. < as lemmas |
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