单词 | vice-chamberlain |
释义 | vice-chamberlainn. A subordinate or deputy chamberlain; spec. an officer of the Royal Household under the Lord Chamberlain. ΘΚΠ society > authority > office > holder of office > official of royal or great household > [noun] > chamberlain > vice-chamberlain vice-chamberlain1545 1545 in T. Rymer Fœdera (1713) XV. 81/1 Our Vicechamberlane, Our two Principall Secretaries for the tyme being. 1589 T. Cooper Admon. People of Eng. 56 Master Vicechamberlaine at her Maiesties..tolde the Bishop that her Maiestie misliked nothing. 1614 J. Selden Titles of Honor 358 Vpon knowledge thereof giuen to the Lord Chamberlaine of the Houshold or Vicechamberlaine for the time being. 1645 Doc. Lett. Pat. at Oxf. (1837) 403 Bills..subscribed and allowed by the Chamberlaine, Vicechamberlaine, or Principal Secretary of his Maiestie. 1695 Ld. Lonsdale in Eng. Hist. Rev. Jan. (1915) 93 The Prince had reserved for me the Vice Chamberlain's place. 1702 London Gaz. No. 3840/1 The Rt. Hon. Peregrine Bertie Esq., Vice-Chamberlain to Her Majesty. 1780 E. Burke Speech Oeconomical Reformation 45 He has an honourable appointment;..and he has the vice chamberlain to assist him. 1835 1st Rep. Commissioners Munic. Corporations Eng. & Wales App. i. 154 in Parl. Papers (H.C. 116) XXIII. 1 The Chamberlains [at Worcester] are annually elected... Their business, which is performed by a deputy called a Vice-chamberlain, is to receive the rents and keep all the accounts of the corporation. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1917; most recently modified version published online December 2021). < n.1545 |
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