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
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 E. W. Haslehust
It is their star and garter, their coronet, their ermine, their robe of state, their cap of maintenance, their wand of office, their noli me tangere.
From The Struggles of Brown, Jones, and Robinson By One of the Firm by Anthony Trollope
And springing from his couch, he began forthwith to put on his usual morning dress of complete armor; and, after a hasty ablution, donned, not his cap of maintenance, but his helmet of battle.
From Burlesques by William Makepeace Thackeray
The cap of maintenance was formerly worn by the sword-bearer on ceremonial occasions, but was now carried on a cushion.
From From John O'Groats to Land's End by Robert Naylor
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