英语词汇“in chief”的英英意思、用法、释义、翻译、读音、例句、短语、词组-英语词典

3. Heraldry. The head or principal part of the escutcheon, occupying the upper third of the shield, and divided from the rest by a line which may be straight, indented, embattled, wavy, etc. on a chief, †in (the) chief: borne on this ordinary. in chief: borne on or occupying the upper part of the shield, within the limits of this ordinary, though no chief is marked off.

ΘΚΠ

society > communication > indication > insignia > heraldic devices collective > escutcheon or shield > [noun] > upmost third portion

chiefa1440

chieftain1572

chevetaine1586

a1440 Sir Degrev. 1029 He beres in cheef of azour Engrelyd with a satur With doubule tressour And treweloves bytwene.

1523 Ld. Berners tr. J. Froissart Cronycles I. xvii. 19 The lorde William Duglas..bare azure a cheffe syluer.

1523 Ld. Berners tr. J. Froissart Cronycles I. lx His baner..was goules, a sheffe syluer, thre cheuorns in the sheffe.

1572 J. Bossewell Wks. Armorie ii. f. 30^v There maye be also borne in chiefe, diuerse tokens of armes, and yet the chief not altered in colour from the field.

1622 H. Peacham Compl. Gentleman iii. 143.

1808 W. Scott Marmion vi. ii. 317 And in the chief three mullets stood The cognizance of Douglas blood.

1863 C. Boutell Man. Heraldry xv. 155 The Helm always rests upon the chief of the Shield.

ΘΚΠ

society > communication > indication > insignia > heraldic devices collective > escutcheon or shield > [noun] > upmost third portion

chiefa1440

chieftain1572

chevetaine1586

a1440 Sir Degrev. 1029 He beres in cheef of azour Engrelyd with a satur With doubule tressour And treweloves bytwene.

1523 Ld. Berners tr. J. Froissart Cronycles I. xvii. 19 The lorde William Duglas..bare azure a cheffe syluer.

1523 Ld. Berners tr. J. Froissart Cronycles I. lx His baner..was goules, a sheffe syluer, thre cheuorns in the sheffe.

1572 J. Bossewell Wks. Armorie ii. f. 30^v There maye be also borne in chiefe, diuerse tokens of armes, and yet the chief not altered in colour from the field.

1622 H. Peacham Compl. Gentleman iii. 143.

1808 W. Scott Marmion vi. ii. 317 And in the chief three mullets stood The cognizance of Douglas blood.

1863 C. Boutell Man. Heraldry xv. 155 The Helm always rests upon the chief of the Shield.

12. Phrase. in chief.

a. Feudal Law [ < medieval Latin in capite, French en chief] . Applied to a tenant holding, or tenure held, immediately from the Lord Paramount, as when a tenant held directly from the king, rendering to him personally the service belonging to the tenure. Hence, by extension, applied to tenancy by a perpetual feu-duty or ground rent, as opposed to a lease for a limited period.

ΘΚΠ

society > law > legal right > right of possession or ownership > tenure of property > [phrase] > in direct or perpetual tenancy

in chief1297

1297 R. Gloucester's Chron. (Rolls) 9691 No man, that of the kinge hulde ouȝt In chef, other in eni seruise.

1489 (a1380) J. Barbour Bruce (Adv.) i. 154 Gyff yow will hald in cheyff off me For euermar, and yine ofspryng, I sall do swa yow sall be king.

1495 Act 11 Hen. VII c. 48 §1 The same Castelles..be holden of your Highnes in Chief as of youre Crowne.

1542–3 Act 34 & 35 Hen. VIII c. 5 §5 Manours..holden of the kinge by knightes seruice in chiefe.

1607 J. Davies Let. in Hist. Tracts (1787) 236 He hath yet allotted to him..in demesne, and in chief, ten ballibetaghs or thereabouts.

1692 J. Dryden Cleomenes Ep. Ded. sig. A3^v Proud to hold my Dependence on you in Chief, as I do part of my small Fortune in Wiltshire.

b. In the chief or highest place or position. Often in titles, as Commander-in-Chief, Colonel-in-Chief, etc.

ΚΠ

1612 F. Bacon Ess. (new ed.) 44 Thinke it more honor, to direct in chiefe, then to be busie in al.

1618 G. Chapman tr. Hesiod Georgicks i. 542 Call thy friend In chief one near.

1653 H. Holcroft tr. Procopius Persian Wars i. 17 in tr. Procopius Hist. Warres Justinian Sittas..commanded the Armenian Army in cheif.

a1680 S. Butler Elephant in Moon 27 When one, who for his deep belief Was Virtuoso then in chief.

a1686 J. Gordon Hist. Scots Affairs (1841) II. iv. xxxix. 256 They coulde not agree who should be commander in cheefe.

1866 M. Oliphant Madonna Mary II. xv. 280 Nelly Askell whom Will had appropriated..as his sympathizer-in-chief.

1885 Whitaker's Almanack 152 Department of the Officer Commanding-in-Chief..Commanding-in-Chief, Field-Marshal H.R.H. the Duke of Cambridge, K.G.

1885 Whitaker's Almanack 156 1st Life Guards..Colonel-in-Chief, H.R.H. Prince of Wales.

c. Chiefly; mainly, principally.

ΘΚΠ

the world > relative properties > kind or sort > generality > in general [phrase] > for the most part

for the more party1372

for (also be, in) the most part (also deal, party)a1387

for the more partc1405

for (the) most partc1405

much dealc1425

in substancea1450

for the mostc1531

in (also for) the generality1580

for the general1581

in (also for, on, upon) the maina1591

largely1594

principally1600

in chiefa1616

mainly1640

nine times (parts, etc.) out of (also in, of) ten1648

greatly1742

as a rule1828

a1616 W. Shakespeare Measure for Measure (1623) v. i. 218 Some speech of marriage..which was broke off..in chiefe For that her reputation was dis-valued In leuitie.

1855 R. Browning Old Pictures in Florence 'Twixt the aloes I used to lean in chief.

单词	in chief
释义	> as lemmas in (the) chief 3. Heraldry. The head or principal part of the escutcheon, occupying the upper third of the shield, and divided from the rest by a line which may be straight, indented, embattled, wavy, etc. on a chief, †in (the) chief: borne on this ordinary. in chief: borne on or occupying the upper part of the shield, within the limits of this ordinary, though no chief is marked off. ΘΚΠ society > communication > indication > insignia > heraldic devices collective > escutcheon or shield > [noun] > upmost third portion chiefa1440 chieftain1572 chevetaine1586 a1440 Sir Degrev. 1029 He beres in cheef of azour Engrelyd with a satur With doubule tressour And treweloves bytwene. 1523 Ld. Berners tr. J. Froissart Cronycles I. xvii. 19 The lorde William Duglas..bare azure a cheffe syluer. 1523 Ld. Berners tr. J. Froissart Cronycles I. lx His baner..was goules, a sheffe syluer, thre cheuorns in the sheffe. 1572 J. Bossewell Wks. Armorie ii. f. 30^v There maye be also borne in chiefe, diuerse tokens of armes, and yet the chief not altered in colour from the field. 1622 H. Peacham Compl. Gentleman iii. 143. 1808 W. Scott Marmion vi. ii. 317 And in the chief three mullets stood The cognizance of Douglas blood. 1863 C. Boutell Man. Heraldry xv. 155 The Helm always rests upon the chief of the Shield. extracted from chiefn. in chief 3. Heraldry. The head or principal part of the escutcheon, occupying the upper third of the shield, and divided from the rest by a line which may be straight, indented, embattled, wavy, etc. on a chief, †in (the) chief: borne on this ordinary. in chief: borne on or occupying the upper part of the shield, within the limits of this ordinary, though no chief is marked off. ΘΚΠ society > communication > indication > insignia > heraldic devices collective > escutcheon or shield > [noun] > upmost third portion chiefa1440 chieftain1572 chevetaine1586 a1440 Sir Degrev. 1029 He beres in cheef of azour Engrelyd with a satur With doubule tressour And treweloves bytwene. 1523 Ld. Berners tr. J. Froissart Cronycles I. xvii. 19 The lorde William Duglas..bare azure a cheffe syluer. 1523 Ld. Berners tr. J. Froissart Cronycles I. lx His baner..was goules, a sheffe syluer, thre cheuorns in the sheffe. 1572 J. Bossewell Wks. Armorie ii. f. 30^v There maye be also borne in chiefe, diuerse tokens of armes, and yet the chief not altered in colour from the field. 1622 H. Peacham Compl. Gentleman iii. 143. 1808 W. Scott Marmion vi. ii. 317 And in the chief three mullets stood The cognizance of Douglas blood. 1863 C. Boutell Man. Heraldry xv. 155 The Helm always rests upon the chief of the Shield. extracted from chiefn. in chief 12. Phrase. in chief. a. Feudal Law [ < medieval Latin in capite, French en chief] . Applied to a tenant holding, or tenure held, immediately from the Lord Paramount, as when a tenant held directly from the king, rendering to him personally the service belonging to the tenure. Hence, by extension, applied to tenancy by a perpetual feu-duty or ground rent, as opposed to a lease for a limited period. ΘΚΠ society > law > legal right > right of possession or ownership > tenure of property > [phrase] > in direct or perpetual tenancy in chief1297 1297 R. Gloucester's Chron. (Rolls) 9691 No man, that of the kinge hulde ouȝt In chef, other in eni seruise. 1489 (a1380) J. Barbour Bruce (Adv.) i. 154 Gyff yow will hald in cheyff off me For euermar, and yine ofspryng, I sall do swa yow sall be king. 1495 Act 11 Hen. VII c. 48 §1 The same Castelles..be holden of your Highnes in Chief as of youre Crowne. 1542–3 Act 34 & 35 Hen. VIII c. 5 §5 Manours..holden of the kinge by knightes seruice in chiefe. 1607 J. Davies Let. in Hist. Tracts (1787) 236 He hath yet allotted to him..in demesne, and in chief, ten ballibetaghs or thereabouts. 1692 J. Dryden Cleomenes Ep. Ded. sig. A3^v Proud to hold my Dependence on you in Chief, as I do part of my small Fortune in Wiltshire. b. In the chief or highest place or position. Often in titles, as Commander-in-Chief, Colonel-in-Chief, etc. ΚΠ 1612 F. Bacon Ess. (new ed.) 44 Thinke it more honor, to direct in chiefe, then to be busie in al. 1618 G. Chapman tr. Hesiod Georgicks i. 542 Call thy friend In chief one near. 1653 H. Holcroft tr. Procopius Persian Wars i. 17 in tr. Procopius Hist. Warres Justinian Sittas..commanded the Armenian Army in cheif. a1680 S. Butler Elephant in Moon 27 When one, who for his deep belief Was Virtuoso then in chief. a1686 J. Gordon Hist. Scots Affairs (1841) II. iv. xxxix. 256 They coulde not agree who should be commander in cheefe. 1866 M. Oliphant Madonna Mary II. xv. 280 Nelly Askell whom Will had appropriated..as his sympathizer-in-chief. 1885 Whitaker's Almanack 152 Department of the Officer Commanding-in-Chief..Commanding-in-Chief, Field-Marshal H.R.H. the Duke of Cambridge, K.G. 1885 Whitaker's Almanack 156 1st Life Guards..Colonel-in-Chief, H.R.H. Prince of Wales. c. Chiefly; mainly, principally. ΘΚΠ the world > relative properties > kind or sort > generality > in general [phrase] > for the most part for the more party1372 for (also be, in) the most part (also deal, party)a1387 for the more partc1405 for (the) most partc1405 much dealc1425 in substancea1450 for the mostc1531 in (also for) the generality1580 for the general1581 in (also for, on, upon) the maina1591 largely1594 principally1600 in chiefa1616 mainly1640 nine times (parts, etc.) out of (also in, of) ten1648 greatly1742 as a rule1828 a1616 W. Shakespeare Measure for Measure (1623) v. i. 218 Some speech of marriage..which was broke off..in chiefe For that her reputation was dis-valued In leuitie. View more context for this quotation 1855 R. Browning Old Pictures in Florence 'Twixt the aloes I used to lean in chief. extracted from chiefn. < as lemmas
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