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Definition of Macebearer
1. Noun. An official who carries a mace of office.
Definition of Macebearer
1. Noun. (alternative spelling of mace-bearer) ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Lexicographical Neighbors of Macebearer
Literary usage of Macebearer
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Commentaries on the History, Constitution, and Chartered Franchises of the by George Norton (1869)
"The macebearer, as well as the sword-bearer and water-bailiff, in London have
always been deemed esquires by virtue of their offices. ..."
2. Publications by Oxford Historical Society, Bostonian Society (1894)
"When the king was come neare, the macebearer, townclerk, recorder, mayor, and
aldermen ... Afterwards the macebearer put the mace into the mayor's hands, ..."
3. Notes and Queries by Martim de Albuquerque (1862)
"The macebearer, it seems, is succeeded by one Mrs. Dawson, a bibliographical
charwoman, who "keeps the place clean " ! and " understands " the value of the ..."
4. The History of India by Mountstuart Elphinstone (1843)
"I.have been led to think that the common story of Ahmed's having been a macebearer
of Nadir Shah's originated in the circumstance that the word ..."
5. Oxf. Hist. Soc by Oxford Historical Society (1894)
"When the king was come neare, the macebearer ... Afterwards the macebearer put
the mace into the mayor's hands, and he kneeling, offered it to the king who ..."
6. Calendar of Ancient Records of Dublin: In the Possession of the Municipal by Dublin (Ireland), Rosa Mulholland Gilbert, John Francis Weldrick (1894)
"... shall have the place of macebearer in this cittie which ... Mscc. i " bearer.
late macebearer, deceased, held, together with the fees and ..."
7. The Lives of Those Eminent Antiquaries John Leland, Thomas Hearne, and by Thomas Hearne, Anthony à Wood (1772)
"When the K. was come neare, the macebearer, Townclerk, Recorder, Mayor, and
Aldermen drew ... Afterwards the macebearer put the Mace into the Mayor's Hands, ..."
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