单词 | master of revels |
释义 | > as lemmasMaster of (the) Revels Master of (the) Revels n. now historical and archaic a person appointed to organize or lead revels (either temporarily or on an established basis); spec. the head of the Revels Office in the British Royal Household, responsible for organizing and supervising royal festivities and also (in the 16th and 17th centuries) for stage censorship.In the following quot. the correct reading is ‘master of the ieuells’ (i.e. ‘jewels’: see G. Wickham Early English Stages (1959) I. 276): ▸ 1493 in Coll. Ordinances Royal Househ. (Harl. 642) (1790) 113 If the master of revells be there, he may sitt with the chapleyns or with the esquires or gentlemen ushers. < as lemmas |
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