Lectionary Calendar
Monday, December 23rd, 2024
the Fourth Week of Advent
the Fourth Week of Advent
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Baton
1911 Encyclopedia Britannica
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(Fr. baton, baston, from Late Lat. basto, a stick or staff), the truncheon carried by a field marshal as a sign of authority, by a police constable, &c.; in music, the stick with which the conductor of an orchestra beats time; in heraldry, the fourth part of a bend, frequently broken off short at the ends so as to be shaped like a rod; in English coats of arms, only as a mark of illegitimacy, the "baton sinister."
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Chisholm, Hugh, General Editor. Entry for 'Baton'. 1911 Encyclopedia Britanica. https://www.studylight.org/encyclopedias/eng/bri/b/baton.html. 1910.
Chisholm, Hugh, General Editor. Entry for 'Baton'. 1911 Encyclopedia Britanica. https://www.studylight.org/encyclopedias/eng/bri/b/baton.html. 1910.
