"Livery" is a word in ENGLISH
A low grade of wool.
To clothe in, or as in, livery.
That which is delivered out statedly or formally, as
clothing, food, etc.
The writ by which possession is obtained.
Release from wardship; deliverance.
The keeping of horses in readiness to be hired temporarily
for riding or driving; the state of being so kept.
The feeding, stabling, and care of horses for compensation;
boarding; as, to keep one's horses at livery.
The uniform clothing issued by feudal superiors to their
retainers and serving as a badge when in military service.
An allowance of food statedly given out; a ration, as to a
family, to servants, to horses, etc.
The act of delivering possession of lands or tenements.
Hence, also, the peculiar dress or garb appropriated by any
association or body of persons to their own use; as, the livery of the
London tradesmen, of a priest, of a charity school, etc.; also, the
whole body or company of persons wearing such a garb, and entitled to
the privileges of the association; as, the whole livery of London.
Hence, any characteristic dress or outward appearance.
The peculiar dress by which the servants of a nobleman or
gentleman are distinguished; as, a claret-colored livery.
And no wonder; for the new technique of "subliminal projection," as it was called, was intimately associated with mass entertainment, and in the life of civilized human beings massed entertainment now plays a part comparable to that played in the Middle Ages be religion.
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A pious man who had reached the age of 105 suddenly stopped going to synagogue. Alarmed by the old fellow's absence after so many years of faithful attendance the Rabbi went to see him. He found him in excellent health, so the Rabbi asked, "How come after all these years we don't see you at services anymore?"The old man looked around and lowered his voice. "I'll tell you, Rabbi," he whispered. "When I got to be 90, I expected God to take me any day. But then I got to be 95, then 100, then 105. So I figured that God is very busy and must've forgotten about me, and I don't want to remind Him!"
In the companies of London tradesmen, one not yet admitted to wear the livery; a junior member.
Read the complete definitionA rod, stafT, or wand, used In old English practice in making livery of seisin where no building stood on …
Read the complete definitionTo place at board, for compensation; as, to board one's horse at a livery stable.
Read the complete definitionA boy servant, or page, -- in allusion to the buttons on his livery.
Read the complete definitionA badge, usually in the form of a rosette, or knot, and generally worn upon the hat; -- used as …
Read the complete definitionAn also called Augmentation Court or simply The Augmentation in 1536, during the reign of King Henry VIII of England. …
Read the complete definitionA court of record, established in England iu the reign of Henry VIII. For the sur-vey and management of the …
Read the complete definitionA bearing worn, not upon the shield, but usually above it, or separately as an ornament for plate, liveries, and …
Read the complete definitionA carriage of state or of pleasure with all that accompanies it, as horses, liveried servants, etc., a showy turn-out.
Read the complete definitionThe gift of any corpo-real hereditament to another, (2 Bl. Comm. 310), operating by transmutation of possession, and requiring, as …
Read the complete definitionA contemptuous name for a liveried servant or a footman.
Read the complete definitionA page; an attendant in livery; a lackey.
Read the complete definitionA moth of the family Lithosidae; -- so called from its livery-like colors.
Read the complete definitionIn old English law. A staff, used in making livery of seisin. Bract, fol. 40
Read the complete definitionExcited with merriment; manifesting sportiveness or delight; inspiring delight; livery; merry.
Read the complete definitionIn old English law. The hasp of a door; by which livery of eelsin might anciently he made, where there …
Read the complete definitionTo possess corporally. “No one, at common law, was sald to have or to be in possession of land, unless …
Read the complete definitionIn Norman and old English law, this was the tltle of the officer in a monastery charged with the entertainment …
Read the complete definitionLivery of seizin.
Read the complete definitionA livery or delivery of so much corn or grass to a customary tenant, who cut down or prepared the …
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