Definition of Chamberlains

1. Noun. (plural of chamberlain) ¹

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Definition of Chamberlains

1. chamberlain [n] - See also: chamberlain

Lexicographical Neighbors of Chamberlains

chamber music
chamber of commerce
chamber orchestra
chamber orchestras
chamber organ
chamber pot
chamber pots
chambered
chambered nautilus
chamberer
chamberers
chambering
chamberings
chamberlain
chamberlains (current term)
chamberlainship
chamberlainships
chamberlike
chambermaid
chambermaids
chamberpot
chamberpots
chambers of commerce
chambersite
chambira
chambranle
chambranles
chambray
chambrays

Literary usage of Chamberlains

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. The Catholic Encyclopedia: An International Work of Reference on the by Edward Aloysius Pace (1922)
"The velvet, red in the or cup-bearer who assists the Holy Father at table, of privy chamberlains, is embroidered with golden Wardrobe, and the Prefect of ..."

2. Records of the Borough of Leicester: Being a Series of Extracts from the by Leicester (England), Mary Bateson, William Henry Stevenson, John Edward Stocks (1905)
"chamberlains' Account. 1564-5 CLXII. Election of Assessors of Prices of Food. Nov. ... chamberlains' Account. 1566-7 CLXVII. Act for Relief of the Poor. ..."

3. Publications by Oxford Historical Society (1899)
"(The chamberlains were two officers appointed annually. They had the oversight of the property of the City, i. 432, 467 ; drew the rents, i. 103, 412; ii. ..."

4. Diary of the Corporation by Reading (England). City Council, J. M. Guilding (1896)
"443 Oaths administered to Harrison and Burningham as chamberlains, under the new Charter .... 446 The chamberlains are to view ground, &c. ..."

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