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Earl Marshal   /ərl mˈɑrʃəl/   Listen
Earl Marshal

noun
1.
An officer of the English peerage who organizes royal processions and other ceremonies.





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"Earl Marshal" Quotes from Famous Books



... c. 33., which required all books to be licensed as follows:—Law books by the Lord Chancellor, or one of the Chief Justices, or Chief Baron; books of history and state, by one of the Secretaries of State; of heraldry, by the Earl Marshal, or the King-at-Arms; of divinity, physic, philosophy, or whatsoever other science or art, by the Archbishop of Canterbury or the Bishop of London: or if printed at either University, by the chancellor thereof. The number of master printers (exclusive ...
— Notes and Queries, Number 56, November 23, 1850 • Various
... or paternal arms, are such as are hereditary and belong to one particular family, which none others have a right to assume, nor can they do so without rendering themselves guilty of a breach of the laws of honour punishable by the Earl Marshal and the Kings at Arms. The assumption of arms has however become so common that little notice is taken of it ...
— The Manual of Heraldry; Fifth Edition • Anonymous


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