livery company

noun

British one of the chartered companies of the City of London originating from the craft guilds

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How to use livery company in a sentence

Winged bulls are the supporters of the Butchers' livery company.
A Complete Guide to Heraldry | Arthur Charles Fox-Davies
It is a livery company, and very rich, governed by a prime and five other wardens, and a court of assistants.
The Mirror of Literature, Amusement, and Instruction | Various
The word is now rarely used except as the name of one of the London livery companies (see livery company).
Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 17, Slice 1 | Various
The freedom and rights of citizenship of the city could only be obtained through membership in a livery company.
Our Legal Heritage, 5th Ed. | S. A. Reilly
Ambitious merchants joined a livery company to become freemen of the city and for the status and social benefits of membership.
Our Legal Heritage, 5th Ed. | S. A. Reilly

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