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c. In names of offices and dignities, with the sense ‘chief, principal, highest, head, arch-’, sometimes passing into the absolute sense ‘of high rank or dignity, exalted, lofty’; also in official titles, frequently denoting the supreme officer or dignitary, or the officer who fulfils a particular function to the state or head of state, as high angel, high bailiff, high bishop, high bode, high chamberlain, high deacon, high father, high master, etc.After Old English usually written as two words, but sometimes hyphenated.In later use chiefly in historical contexts, except in some of the titles treated elsewhere. See High Admiral n. 1 (also Lord High Admiral n.), Lord High Chancellor n., High Commissioner n., High Constable n. at constable n. 5b (also Lord High Constable, variant of Constable of England n. at constable n. 2b), High Justice n., High Marshal at marshal n. 2a, high reeve at reeve n.¹ 1c, high sheriff at sheriff n. 2a, high steward n. at steward n. 9, High Treasurer at treasurer n. 1b. [Compare Old English hēahboda archangel, hēahcyning (see high king n. at Compounds 4), hēahealdor (chief) ruler, hēahealdormann (chief) ruler, patrician, hēahfæder patriarch, also as an epithet of God, hēahgerēfa (see high reeve at reeve n.¹ 1c), hēahlǣce master physician, hēahsācerd chief priest, hēahþegn chief officer, captain, apostle, angel, hēahwita chief councillor, etc.]