| 单词 | sergeant at mace, of mace |
| 释义 | > as lemmassergeant at (†the) mace, †of (the) mace b. sergeant at (†the) mace, †of (the) mace: an inferior executive officer (cf. sense 4), carrying a mace as a badge of office. ΘΚΠ society > authority > office > holder of office > public officials > [noun] > official having mace as badge of office sergeant at (the) mace, of (the) macec1420 sergeant of the verge1688 society > law > administration of justice > one who administers justice > an officer of the court > [noun] > official who executes orders of court > officer with mace as badge of office sergeant at (the) mace, of (the) macec1420 c1420 Anturs of Arth. 64 The king..folowed fast one þe tras, Withe many Sergeant of mas. c1420 Anturs of Arth. 498 Þe lordes bylyue hom to list ledes With many seriant of mace, as was þe manere. c1440 Promptorium Parvulorum 67/1 Ceriawnt of mace, apparitor. 1474 Rolls of Parl. VI. 103/1 Henry Neuton, oon of the Sergeants at Mace of Robert Billesdon, oon of the Shirrefs of the Cite of London. 1510 in I. S. Leadam Select Cases Star Chamber (1911) II. 70 The meyer..sent oon John Yong sergeaunt att the mace within the seid Towne to the seid Priour. 1556 in J. G. Nichols Chron. Grey Friars (1852) 43 For arest of Robert Taylor sergant of maysse. 1680 in 10th Rep. Royal Comm. Hist. MSS (1885) App. v. 506 If the Sergeants-at-Mace shall neglect theire duty in not summoning every member of the Council [etc.]. 1715 London Gaz. No. 5394/4 Cesar Grist, Serjeant at Mace to the Bailiffs of the Corporation of Welsh Poole. 1761 in Entick London (1766) IV. 369 The serjeants at mace for the city to arrest for debt in the Borough. 1797 Encycl. Brit. XVII. 292 Sergeants of the mace of an inferior kind. 18351 [see sense 7a]. 1901 Whitaker's Almanack 178 [Lord Mayor's Court.] Sergeant at Mace. < as lemmas |
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