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单词 lord chamberlain of the household
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Lord Chamberlain of the Household
Lord Chamberlain n. (more fully Lord Chamberlain of the Household) (the title of) the senior officer of the British royal household.The office dates from the late 14th cent. and was typically held by a peer. From 1737 the Lord Chamberlain had the power to veto any new play, or modification to an existing play, and theatre owners could be prosecuted for staging plays that had not received his approval. These powers were restricted in 1843, and finally abolished by the Theatres Act of 1968.
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society > authority > office > holder of office > official of royal or great household > [noun] > chief > in royal household
steward?a955
(Lord) Steward of the King's Household1428
Lord Chamberlain1464
Great Master1531
grand master1537
1464 in W. H. Stevenson Rec. Borough Nottingham (1883) II. 379 (MED) Item, for ij galons of reede wyne giffen to the said Lorde Chaumberleyn on Missomer Evyn.
1685 London Gaz. No. 2056/4 His Majesty has been pleased to constitute the Right Honorable the Earl of Aylesbury Lord Chamberlain of his Houshold.
1791 E. Lodge Illustr. Brit. Hist. II. 34 Having remained nearly twenty years on the borders, he..succeeded the Earl of Lincoln as Lord Chamberlain of the Household.
1864 J. Doran Their Majesties Servants I. v. 121 The angry Lord Chamberlain..clapped the unoffending Thespian, for a couple of days, in the Gate House.
2000 Times 16 Aug. The Queen yesterday appointed a commoner for the first time to the post of Lord Chamberlain.
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