Found 2 items, similar to Lord of Misrule.
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Definition: Lord of Misrule
Lord of Misrule
n : a person appointed master of revels at a Christmas
celebration
English → English (gcide)
Definition: Lord of Misrule
Misrule
\Mis*rule"\, n.
1. The act, or the result, of misruling.
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2. Disorder; confusion; tumult from insubordination.
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Enormous riot and misrule surveyed. --Pope.
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Abbot of Misrule, or
Lord of Misrule. See under
Abbot,
and
Lord.
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Abbot
\Ab"bot\, n. [AS. abbod, abbad, L. abbas, abbatis, Gr.
'abba^s, fr. Syriac abb[=a] father. Cf.
Abba,
Abb['E].]
1. The superior or head of an abbey.
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2. One of a class of bishops whose sees were formerly abbeys.
--Encyc. Brit.
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Abbot of the people. a title formerly given to one of the
chief magistrates in Genoa.
Abbot of Misrule (or
Lord of Misrule), in medi[ae]val
times, the master of revels, as at Christmas; in Scotland
called the
Abbot of Unreason. --Encyc. Brit.
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