Great Mastern.

Brit.

/ˌɡreɪt ˈmɑːstə/,

/ˌɡreɪt ˈmastə/, U.S.

/ˌɡreɪt ˈmæstər/

Forms: see great adj., n., adv., and int. and master n.¹ and adj.

Origin: Formed within English, by compounding; modelled on a French lexical item. Etymons: great adj., master n.¹

Etymology: < great adj. + master n.¹, after Middle French grant maistre (French grand maître ) (2nd half of the 14th cent. in le grant maistre de l'ospital and le grant maistre de Rodes , with allusion to the Knights Hospitallers; 2nd half of the 15th cent. or earlier in grant maistre de Sainct Jacques , with allusion to the Knights Templars (compare quot. 1487 at sense 1), c1502 in grant maistre d'ostel de France and grant maistre de France , denoting the chief officer of the French royal household). Compare later grand master n.).

1. The head of a military order of knighthood or an order of chivalry; the head of a Grand Lodge, Grand Orient, or other branch of Freemasonry, or the head of a branch of a similar organization; = grand master n. 2.

ΘΚΠ

society > armed hostility > warrior > member of order of knights, etc. > [noun] > master of

Master of Pruce1442

Great Masterc1480

grand master1563

marshal1615

master1654

Master of the Temple1706

society > society and the community > social relations > an association, society, or organization > secret society > [noun] > the Freemasons > member

Freemason1646

mason1652

Great Master1913

c1480 (a1400) St. Placidus 801 in W. M. Metcalfe Legends Saints Sc. Dial. (1896) II. 92 Scho went in sped to þe gret maister of þe knychtede.

1487 (a1380) J. Barbour Bruce (St. John's Cambr.) xx. 403 The gret mastir of saint Iak.

1524 R. Copland tr. J. de Bourbon Syege Cyte of Rodes in Begynnynge Ordre Knyghtes Hospytallers sig. Dj The sayd trauerses & repayres..began at the massyf of Spayne made by the reuerent lorde grete mayster Mery damboyse.

1632 P. Massinger Maid of Honour ii. v. sig. E4 When this, the glorious badge Of our redeemer was conferr'd upon thee, By the great master [of the Order of St John of Malta].

1685 London Gaz. No. 2114/1 The great Master [of the Knights of Malta] has given Orders [etc.].

1727 N. Bailey Universal Etymol. Eng. Dict. II Teutonick Order... The Order is now little known, tho' there is still a Great Master of it kept up.

1838 Gentleman's Mag. Jan. 87/1 His Royal Highness the Duke of Sussex to be first and Principal Knight Grand Cross, and Acting Great Master, of the Order of the Bath.

1913 Temple Artisan Sept. 53 We have prepared a matrix with which the Great Master may correlate with power and effect when the hour strikes.

2007 R. L. Fanthorpe & P. A. Fanthorpe Myst. & Secrets Time vii. 118 There are lay brothers who attend us, but all who ride in arms with the Great Master are ordained.

2. The chief officer of a royal household in France and in Tudor and Stuart England; = grand master n. 1. More fully Lord Great Master, Great Master of the Household. Cf. (Lord) Steward of the King's Household n. at steward n. 2b. Now historical.

ΘΚΠ

society > authority > office > holder of office > official of royal or great household > [noun] > chief > in royal household

steward?a955

(Lord) Steward of the King's Household1428

Lord Chamberlain1464

Great Master1531

grand master1537

1531 T. Cromwell in R. B. Merriman Life & Lett. T. Cromwell (1902) I. 341 His Highnes also woll that ye shall moue the gret maister [of France] in that behalf.

1539 Liber Niger in Coll. Ordinances Royal Househ. (1790) 228 The Lord Great Master, the Treasurer and Comptroller of the Kings Household..shall be dayly in the Compting-house between the hours of 8 and 9 in the morning.

1547 H. Radclyf in H. Ellis Orig. Lett. Eng. Hist. (1824) 1st Ser. II. 137 The Lord St. John lord president of the Counsaile and Gret Master.

1577 tr. ‘F. de L'Isle’ Legendarie sig. Aviij^v The Constable at that time great master and Marshal of France entreated for him.

1596 T. Danett tr. P. de Commynes Hist. iii. xi. 114 The King came accompanied with the Earle of Dampmartine Lord great Master of Fraunce,..and with sixe hundred men of armes and better.

1611 R. Cotgrave Dict. French & Eng. Tongues at Maistre Le Grand Maistre, the Great Maister of France; the Lord Steward of the Kings household.

1643 W. Prynne Soveraigne Power Parl. App. 156 The king verily hath his great Master or Arch-Steward.

1736 E. Curll Rarities of Richmond 157 The Great Master of France came over to England to ratify the League above-mentioned.

1840 E. Lodge Portraits Illustrious Personages Great Brit. I. 168 The Duke..held the posts of Chief Justice in Eyre of all the King's Forests, and Great Master (or, as we now say, Lord Steward) of the Royal Household.

1870 P. A. Daniel Notes & Conjectural Emendations Shakespeare's Plays 54 There can be no doubt that Sir Guichard Dauphin, Great Master of France, was the personage intended by Shakespeare.

1906 E. K. Chambers Hist. Revels Office under Tudors 16 Others..are signed by some officer of the Household, such as the Lord Chamberlain, the Great Master of the Household, or the Vice-Chamberlain.

2008 D. M. Loades Life & Career William Paulet iii. 62 With St John's appointment..the Lord Great Master became effectively a grandiose Lord Steward.

Derivatives

Great ˈMastership n. the office or rule of a Great Master.

ΚΠ

1579 G. Fenton tr. F. Guicciardini Hist. Guicciardin vii. 356 The tributes of the yles of India were reserued to him during his life, together with the three great mastershippes of S. Iames, Alcantara, and Calatraua.

1611 A. Munday Briefe Chron. 180 But hee perceiuing that it was against the liking of his fellowe knights, renounced his Great Maistership, in y^e yeare 1323.

1721 London Gaz. No. 5918/1 The Pope's Bulls for the Great Mastership of St. Lazarus.

1807 W. Coxe Hist. House of Austria II. viii. 79 Philip required the Emperor to renounce the title of king of Spain, and the great mastership of the Golden Fleece.

1906 Ars Quatuor Coronatorum 19 77 Such was the state of things during the Great Mastership of Winrich von Kniprode.

1976 D. E. Hoak King's Council in Reign Edw. VI iii. 96 As the great mastership was not granted by patent at this time, it is difficult to fix precisely the dates for the tenures of the early Tudor presidents.

2008 D. M. Loades Life & Career William Paulet iii. 62 The Lord Great Master became effectively a grandiose Lord Steward, until the latter office was restored and the Great Mastership abolished.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2013; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	great master
释义	Great Mastern. Brit. /ˌɡreɪt ˈmɑːstə/, /ˌɡreɪt ˈmastə/, U.S. /ˌɡreɪt ˈmæstər/ Forms: see great adj., n., adv., and int. and master n.¹ and adj. Origin: Formed within English, by compounding; modelled on a French lexical item. Etymons: great adj., master n.¹ Etymology: < great adj. + master n.¹, after Middle French grant maistre (French grand maître ) (2nd half of the 14th cent. in le grant maistre de l'ospital and le grant maistre de Rodes , with allusion to the Knights Hospitallers; 2nd half of the 15th cent. or earlier in grant maistre de Sainct Jacques , with allusion to the Knights Templars (compare quot. 1487 at sense 1), c1502 in grant maistre d'ostel de France and grant maistre de France , denoting the chief officer of the French royal household). Compare later grand master n.). 1. The head of a military order of knighthood or an order of chivalry; the head of a Grand Lodge, Grand Orient, or other branch of Freemasonry, or the head of a branch of a similar organization; = grand master n. 2. ΘΚΠ society > armed hostility > warrior > member of order of knights, etc. > [noun] > master of Master of Pruce1442 Great Masterc1480 grand master1563 marshal1615 master1654 Master of the Temple1706 society > society and the community > social relations > an association, society, or organization > secret society > [noun] > the Freemasons > member Freemason1646 mason1652 Great Master1913 c1480 (a1400) St. Placidus 801 in W. M. Metcalfe Legends Saints Sc. Dial. (1896) II. 92 Scho went in sped to þe gret maister of þe knychtede. 1487 (a1380) J. Barbour Bruce (St. John's Cambr.) xx. 403 The gret mastir of saint Iak. 1524 R. Copland tr. J. de Bourbon Syege Cyte of Rodes in Begynnynge Ordre Knyghtes Hospytallers sig. Dj The sayd trauerses & repayres..began at the massyf of Spayne made by the reuerent lorde grete mayster Mery damboyse. 1632 P. Massinger Maid of Honour ii. v. sig. E4 When this, the glorious badge Of our redeemer was conferr'd upon thee, By the great master [of the Order of St John of Malta]. 1685 London Gaz. No. 2114/1 The great Master [of the Knights of Malta] has given Orders [etc.]. 1727 N. Bailey Universal Etymol. Eng. Dict. II Teutonick Order... The Order is now little known, tho' there is still a Great Master of it kept up. 1838 Gentleman's Mag. Jan. 87/1 His Royal Highness the Duke of Sussex to be first and Principal Knight Grand Cross, and Acting Great Master, of the Order of the Bath. 1913 Temple Artisan Sept. 53 We have prepared a matrix with which the Great Master may correlate with power and effect when the hour strikes. 2007 R. L. Fanthorpe & P. A. Fanthorpe Myst. & Secrets Time vii. 118 There are lay brothers who attend us, but all who ride in arms with the Great Master are ordained. 2. The chief officer of a royal household in France and in Tudor and Stuart England; = grand master n. 1. More fully Lord Great Master, Great Master of the Household. Cf. (Lord) Steward of the King's Household n. at steward n. 2b. Now historical. ΘΚΠ society > authority > office > holder of office > official of royal or great household > [noun] > chief > in royal household steward?a955 (Lord) Steward of the King's Household1428 Lord Chamberlain1464 Great Master1531 grand master1537 1531 T. Cromwell in R. B. Merriman Life & Lett. T. Cromwell (1902) I. 341 His Highnes also woll that ye shall moue the gret maister [of France] in that behalf. 1539 Liber Niger in Coll. Ordinances Royal Househ. (1790) 228 The Lord Great Master, the Treasurer and Comptroller of the Kings Household..shall be dayly in the Compting-house between the hours of 8 and 9 in the morning. 1547 H. Radclyf in H. Ellis Orig. Lett. Eng. Hist. (1824) 1st Ser. II. 137 The Lord St. John lord president of the Counsaile and Gret Master. 1577 tr. ‘F. de L'Isle’ Legendarie sig. Aviij^v The Constable at that time great master and Marshal of France entreated for him. 1596 T. Danett tr. P. de Commynes Hist. iii. xi. 114 The King came accompanied with the Earle of Dampmartine Lord great Master of Fraunce,..and with sixe hundred men of armes and better. 1611 R. Cotgrave Dict. French & Eng. Tongues at Maistre Le Grand Maistre, the Great Maister of France; the Lord Steward of the Kings household. 1643 W. Prynne Soveraigne Power Parl. App. 156 The king verily hath his great Master or Arch-Steward. 1736 E. Curll Rarities of Richmond 157 The Great Master of France came over to England to ratify the League above-mentioned. 1840 E. Lodge Portraits Illustrious Personages Great Brit. I. 168 The Duke..held the posts of Chief Justice in Eyre of all the King's Forests, and Great Master (or, as we now say, Lord Steward) of the Royal Household. 1870 P. A. Daniel Notes & Conjectural Emendations Shakespeare's Plays 54 There can be no doubt that Sir Guichard Dauphin, Great Master of France, was the personage intended by Shakespeare. 1906 E. K. Chambers Hist. Revels Office under Tudors 16 Others..are signed by some officer of the Household, such as the Lord Chamberlain, the Great Master of the Household, or the Vice-Chamberlain. 2008 D. M. Loades Life & Career William Paulet iii. 62 With St John's appointment..the Lord Great Master became effectively a grandiose Lord Steward. Derivatives Great ˈMastership n. the office or rule of a Great Master. ΚΠ 1579 G. Fenton tr. F. Guicciardini Hist. Guicciardin vii. 356 The tributes of the yles of India were reserued to him during his life, together with the three great mastershippes of S. Iames, Alcantara, and Calatraua. 1611 A. Munday Briefe Chron. 180 But hee perceiuing that it was against the liking of his fellowe knights, renounced his Great Maistership, in y^e yeare 1323. 1721 London Gaz. No. 5918/1 The Pope's Bulls for the Great Mastership of St. Lazarus. 1807 W. Coxe Hist. House of Austria II. viii. 79 Philip required the Emperor to renounce the title of king of Spain, and the great mastership of the Golden Fleece. 1906 Ars Quatuor Coronatorum 19 77 Such was the state of things during the Great Mastership of Winrich von Kniprode. 1976 D. E. Hoak King's Council in Reign Edw. VI iii. 96 As the great mastership was not granted by patent at this time, it is difficult to fix precisely the dates for the tenures of the early Tudor presidents. 2008 D. M. Loades Life & Career William Paulet iii. 62 The Lord Great Master became effectively a grandiose Lord Steward, until the latter office was restored and the Great Mastership abolished. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2013; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.c1480
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