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raising to the ermine

raising to the ermine is the present participle of raise to the ermine.

Meaning of raise to the ermine

Verb

raise to the ermine (third-person singular simple present raises to the ermine, present participle raising to the ermine, simple past and past participle raised to the ermine)

  1. (Commonwealth) To ennoble; to appoint someone to the House of Lords or the judiciary.
    • THE Times, in a late article on the judicial system, in reference to the objection that, 'by multiplying judicial officers an inferior order of men must be raised to the ermine,' remarked that, if fifty years ago it was easy to select fifteen judges from the mass of practising barristers, it ought...1879, The Law Journal, page 111

Questions about raising to the ermine

What is raising to the ermine the present participle of?
Raising to the ermine is the present participle of raise to the ermine.

Words near raising to the ermine in the dictionary

  1. raising the flag and seeing who salutes
  2. raising the roof
  3. raising the specter
  4. raising the spectre
  5. raising the stakes
  6. raising to the ermine
  7. raising to the purple
  8. raising unshirted hell
  9. raising up
  10. raisings
  11. raisining

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