| 单词 | the seals |
| 释义 | > as lemmasthe seals b. As a mark or sign of office. Chiefly the seals, as the symbol of the position of Lord Chancellor or of Secretary of State. ΘΚΠ society > authority > office > symbol of office or authority > [noun] > specific keyOE sword?c1475 the seals?a1500 pillara1529 post1598 umbrella1653 akakia1731 a1500 R. Henryson tr. Æsop Fables: Preaching of Swallow l. 1707 in Poems (1981) 67 Syne cummis ver, quhen winter is away, The secretar off somer with his sell. 1667 King Charles II in H. Ellis Orig. Lett. Eng. Hist. (1827) 2nd Ser. IV. 316 As my purpose was also to say something to you concerning my taking the Seals from the Chancellor. 1710 N. Luttrell Diary in Brief Hist. Relation State Affairs (1857) VI. 571 A patent is passing the seales to create the marques of Kent a duke. 1775 Brit. Chronol. I. 3 Apr. 1704 The earl of Nottingham not being satisfied with the Queen's measures, resigned the seals as secretary of state. 1849 T. B. Macaulay Hist. Eng. I. iv. 447 Sunderland..was suffered to retain his seals. 1870 Earl Stanhope Hist. Eng. i. 6 The King sent to him the Earl of Jersey, with a peremptory order to return the Seals. < as lemmas |
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