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单词 order of the cockle
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Order of the Cockle
a. Order of the Cockle and variants: (a name for) the order of St Michael instituted in 1469 by King Louis XI of France, in reference to the elaborate collar ornamented with gold scallop shells worn by its knights; = Order of St Michael at St Michael n. 2. Also: membership of this order. Cf. Knight of the Cockle at Phrases 1b. Obsolete (historical in later use). [Compare French Ordre de la Coquille (18th cent. or earlier).]
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1539 Inventure Clething James the Fyft in Proc. Soc. Antiquaries Scotl. 1889–90 (1890) 24 49 The ordoure of France of the cokill and sanct Michael with ane habit of ane claith of silvir bordourit with the cokkill of gold.
a1572 J. Knox Hist. Reformation Scotl. in Wks. (1846) I. 217 The Governour gat the Duchry of Chattellerawlt, with the Ordour of the Cokill.
a1630 D. Hume Hist. Houses Douglas & Angus (1644) 270 He gave him also commission to bestow the order of the Cockle (or S. Michael) on the Governour, Angus, Huntley, and Argyle.
1795 M. Noble Hist. Geneal. Royal House of Stuarts v. 117 The King of France named him a Knight of the Order of the Cockle.
1841 R. T. Hampson Medii Ævi Kalendarium I. ii. 356 Louis the Eleventh of France..instituted an order of knighthood in honour of St. Michael, which, in England at least, was distinguished by the appellation of Order of the Cockle.
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