cap of maintenance
Britishnoun
Example Sentences
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Sir Grummore stood up respectfully and took off his cap of maintenance.
From "The Once and Future King" by T. H. White
The upper room is known as the "Mayor's Parlour", where are many more portraits, and the city sword and cap of maintenance.
From Exeter by Haslehust, E. W.
On his departure, the king presented the civic authorities with a sword and cap of maintenance, both of which are still carried before the Mayor and Corporation on occasions of state.
From Exeter by Haslehust, E. W.
He delighted in gold sticks, and was never so happy as when holding some cap of maintenance or spur of precedence with due dignity and acknowledged grace in the presence of all the Court.
From Doctor Thorne by Trollope, Anthony
He was installed in the Norman fashion, and the sword and cap of maintenance were made the insignia of the dignity.
From An Illustrated History of Ireland from AD 400 to 1800 by Cusack, Mary Frances
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