| 单词 | jewel office |
| 释义 | > as lemmasjewel office jewel office n. a building, room, or vault in which jewels or other valuable objects are kept; a treasury; (chiefly spec.) that part of the Tower of London in which the Crown Jewels are kept; cf. jewel house n. ΘΚΠ society > trade and finance > money > place for keeping money > treasury > [noun] > for jewels jewel house1445 gemmery1656 jewel office1661 1661 S. Pepys Diary 4 Jan. (1970) II. 5 I had been early this morning at White-hall at the Jewell-Office, to choose of a piece of gilt plate for my Lord. 1698 tr. A. Brand Jrnl. Embassy from Muscovy 84* One of the Masters of the Jewel-Office belonging to the Czar of Muscovy. 1739 Countess of Hartford in Countess of Hartford & Countess of Pomfret Corr. (1805) I. 51 On Saturday my lord Townshend gave up the jewel-office. 1856 Times 20 Sept. 8/2 The body [of the wedding robe] is gone to the jewel-office to be decorated with the diamonds of the Royal Family, and will be brought back to the Palace beset with jewels just before the ceremony begins. 2015 Yorks. Evening Post (Nexis) 3 Nov. Lord Raby was appointed ambassador to Berlin in 1705 and was given the privilege of choosing objects from the Royal Jewel Office for entertaining in the name of the sovereign. < as lemmas |
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