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chamberlain

[cheym-ber-lin] / ˈtʃeɪm bər lɪn /
NOUN
steward
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The most notable figure in the room is Irish-American Cardinal Kevin Farrell, who is the Pope's "camerlengo" or chamberlain and runs the Vatican until a new Pope is chosen.

From BBC Apr. 22, 2025

This alienated his family members, who grew resentful of the power of Askia’s head chamberlain, Ali Fulan.

From Textbooks Dec. 14, 2022

So the king called in the lord high chamberlain, the royal wizard and the royal mathematician.

From New York Times Oct. 21, 2021

During that period, known as the “sede vacante,” or “empty See,” the camerlengo, or chamberlain, runs the administration and finances of the Holy See.

From Seattle Times Jul. 6, 2021

I will not step down to be the dotard chamberlain of an upstart.

From "The Return of the King" by J.R.R. Tolkien

Rather than handing her children over to court chamberlains to raise, she cared for them herself.

From New York Times Oct. 24, 2021

The few other people in the room were members of the imperial family, court chamberlains, ladies-in-waiting, Prime Minister Shinzo Abe, leaders of the two houses of Parliament and the chief justice of the Supreme Court.

From New York Times Oct. 21, 2019

This is a man in mid-thought, quick with watchful intelligence, on equal terms with the painter; indeed, they were both chamberlains at the Spanish court.

From The Guardian Jan. 3, 2016

When, occasionally, Hirohito grew restive at the silken bonds, the chamberlains were ready with smooth explanations.

From Time Magazine Archive

Then said one of the chamberlains that were before the king, "Behold also, the gallows fifty cubits high, which Haman hath made for Mordecai standeth in the house of Haman."

From Heroes of Israel Text of the Hero Stories with Notes and Questions for Young Students by Soares, Theodore Gerald




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