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seneschal |
2 definitions found From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Seneschal \Sen"es*chal\, n. [OF. seneschal, LL seniscalcus of Teutonic origin; cf Goth. sineigs old skalks OHG. scalch, AS scealc Cf {Senior}, {Marshal}.] An officer in the houses of princes and dignitaries, in the Middle Ages, who had the superintendence of feasts and domestic ceremonies; a steward. Sometimes the seneschal had the dispensing of justice, and was given high military commands. Then marshaled feast Served up in hall with sewers and seneschale. --Milton. Philip Augustus, by a famous ordinance in 1190, first established royal courts of justice, held by the officers called baitiffs or seneschals, who acted as the king's lieutenants in his demains. --Hallam. From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]: seneschal n : the chief steward or butler of a great household [syn: {major-domo}]
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