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court circular

British  

noun

  1. (in countries having a monarchy) a daily report of the activities, engagements, etc, of the sovereign, published in a national newspaper

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His involvement is valued widely in the business community and a glance at the court circular shows a busy schedule of trade-related meetings down the years.

From The Guardian • Mar. 6, 2011

From Clarence House, the home of the Queen Mother, a court circular announced the "betrothal of her beloved daughter the Princess Margaret to Mr. Antony Charles Robert Armstrong-Jones."

From Time Magazine Archive

An outer court, circular or rectangular, surrounds the body of the church.

From The Project Gutenberg Encyclopedia Volume 1 of 28 by Project Gutenberg

Do what one may, there is no getting an air of variety into a court circular, I acknowledge that.

From A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur's Court, Part 5. by Twain, Mark

She skipped the leader, read the court circular, and was deep in the column of casualties, when she suddenly cried out: "Good Heaven, Herman! what a catastrophe!"

From Ishmael Or, In the Depths by Southworth, Emma Dorothy Eliza Nevitte