| 单词 | constable of england |
| 释义 | > as lemmasConstable of England Constable of England n. (also Lord High Constable) one of the chief functionaries in the English royal household, with duties and powers similar to those of the same officer in France.Together with the Earl Marshal, he was the judge of the Court of Chivalry, and in early times his powers of jurisdiction were extensive. The office, which had been made merely titular a few years before, was forfeited by Edward Stafford, duke of Buckingham, in 1521; since which time the title has been granted only temporarily for particular occasions, esp. the sovereign's coronation. Thus the Duke of Wellington was Lord High Constable at the coronation of Queen Victoria.extracted from constablen.< as lemmas |
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