| 单词 | wand-bearer |
| 释义 | > as lemmaswand-bearer wand-bearer n. one who carries a wand in a procession or otherwise as a sign of office; spec. as the title of certain honorary lay officials of St. Paul's Cathedral, London. ΘΚΠ society > authority > office > holder of office > ceremonial officials > [noun] > usher > bearing a rod or staff vergerc1402 vergerer1572 virgifer1629 virger1671 stavesman1786 wand-bearer1840 1840 H. Cockton Life Valentine Vox xv Two wand-bearers started off immediately for the men who were elsewhere engaged in the museum. 1872 H. P. Liddon in J. O. Johnston Life & Lett. H. P. Liddon (1904) vii. 168 Thanksgiving Day... Mr. Foster, John and Mr. G. A. Spottiswoode, as wand-bearers, were present. We all got into church at 9.30. 1875 B. Jowett in tr. Plato Dialogues (ed. 2) I. 422 He has been a true mystic and not a mere routineer or wand-bearer. < as lemmas |
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