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Steward, Lord High

The Nuttall Encyclopedia

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In early times the highest office of state in England, ranking in power next to the sovereign; hereditary during many centuries, the office lapsed in the reign of Henry IV., and since has been revived only on special occasions, e. g . a coronation, a trial of a peer, at the termination of which the office is demitted, the Lord High Steward himself breaking in two his wand of office.

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Wood, James, ed. Entry for 'Steward, Lord High'. The Nuttall Encyclopedia. https://www.studylight.org/​encyclopedias/​eng/​nut/​s/steward-lord-high.html. Frederick Warne & Co Ltd. London. 1900.
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