单词 | sergeant of the verge |
释义 | > as lemmassergeant of the verge a. A rod or wand carried as an emblem of authority or symbol of office; a staff of office; a warder, †sceptre, mace. †sergeant of the verge, = sergeant n. 7b. ΘΚΠ society > authority > office > symbol of office or authority > [noun] > staff or rod yardc1275 tipped stickc1386 bastona1400 mace?a1419 wandc1430 warderc1440 baculc1449 roda1450 verge1493 staff1535 tipstaff1541 verger1547 truncheon1573 vare1578 baton?1590 trunch1590 fasces1598 macer wanda1600 virge1610 batoona1652 stick1677 shaku1875 poker1905 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 in Coll. Ordinances Royal Househ. (Harl. 642) (1790) 124 The abbott to take to her her scepter and her verge to her hand. 1514 in H. Ellis Orig. Lett. Eng. Hist. (1827) 2nd Ser. I. 251 The said Cardinall..delivered her the Scepter in her right hande, and the vierge of the hand of Justice in her lyfte hand. 1566 W. Adlington tr. Apuleius .XI. Bks. Golden Asse vii. f. 10v I pray you tell me, what meaneth these seruitours that follow you, & these roddes or verges whiche they beare? 1602 W. Segar Honor Mil. & Civill iv. viii. 218 To this degree of Archduke belongeth a Surcoat;..hee also beareth a Verge or rod of gold. 1609 P. Holland tr. Ammianus Marcellinus Rom. Hist. d iv b He used to go before the Emperour with a golden Verge or Warder. 1679 T. Blount Fragmenta Antiquitatis 22 To support his [the King's] right Arm..whilst he held the Regal Verge or Scepter. 1688 R. Holme Acad. Armory (1905) iv. xii. 506/1 Then marched the sergeants of the Verge of the Guildhall in Paris. 1708 J. Chamberlayne Magnæ Britanniæ Notitia (1710) i. ii. vi. 62 Putting into his Hand a Verge of Gold. 1791 E. Burke Appeal New to Old Whigs 99 His mind will be heated as much by the sight of a sceptre, a mace, or a verge. 1867 1st Rep. Commissioners Publ. Worship 38/1 Have you any cross or other emblem carried in procession in your church?—Only a verge. 1894 C. N. Robinson Brit. Fleet 151 The verge formerly borne in state before a newly-appointed member of the Board. < as lemmas |
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