| 单词 | green rod |
| 释义 | > as lemmasgreen rod green rod n. the rod borne as the symbol of office by the Gentleman-ushers of the Order of the Thistle. ΘΚΠ society > authority > office > symbol of office or authority > [noun] > staff or rod > specific colour white stick?a1425 white rod1523 white staff1533 green rod1721 Gold Stick1783 1721 in A. Ramsay Poems I. (List of Subscribers) Usher of the Green Rod, and daily Waiter to his Majesty. 1869 J. E. Cussans Handbk. Heraldry (rev. ed.) xviii. 235 The Officers attached to this Noble Order [of the Thistle] are: the Dean; Lord Lyon, King-at-Arms; and the Usher of the Green Rod. 1998 Times (Nexis) 15 Jan. Its direct history, and all the paraphernalia that goes with it—the magnificent green mantle,..the Green Rod..which is carried in procession to St Giles Cathedral in Edinburgh, and the badges with their St Andrew's Crosses—go back to James VII of Scotland. < as lemmas |
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