wand of peace
UK/ˌwɒnd‿əv ˈpiːs//ˌwɑnd‿əv ˈpis/
wand of peace noun: a wand or staff with a silver tip which was given to an outlaw as a sign that they were restored to the king's or queen's peace; and also carried by a messenger of the monarch as a symbol of office, to be broken in protest in cases of deforcement (“resistance to the execution of the law”).
Noun
wand of peace (plural wands of peace)
- A wand or staff with a silver tip which was given to an outlaw as a sign that they were restored to the king's or queen's peace; and also carried by a messenger of the monarch as a symbol of office, to be broken in protest in cases of deforcement (“resistance to the execution of the law”).
- A Respit maid to DONALD MAKLAUCHRANE, for art and part of the slauchter of Robert Fargussoun of Brakanside and Alexander Fargussoun, and for all uther actiouns, etc.,— […] To endure for xix zeris, etc.: With power to the schireffis of Edinburgh and Dumfreis to relesch him fra the horne and deliver...1511 December 8 (date written; Gregorian calendar), M[atthew] Livingstone, editor, Registrum Secreti Sigilli Regum Scotorum. The Register of the Privy Seal of Scotland […], volume I (A.D. 1488–1529)...
- Meſſengers have as the Badge of their Office, a Blaſon bearing the Kings Armes, and a VVand of Peace if they bear not the Blaſon, […] [T]he VVand of Peace is that vvhereby they touch a Rebel, and declares him to be their Priſoner, and vvhen they are deforced, they uſe to break the VVand of Peace...1678, George Mackenzie, “Title XXVI. Deforcement.”, in The Laws and Customes of Scotland, in Matters Criminal. […], Edinburgh: […] Thomas Brown, one of His Majestie’s printers, →OCLC, paragraph III...
Forms of wand of peace
| plural | wands of peace |
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Origin of wand of peace
From wand (“handheld narrow rod, used for instructing or pointing, or as a traditional emblem of authority”) + of + peace.
Words that rhyme with wand of peace
Questions about wand of peace
- What does wand of peace mean?
- Wand of peace means a wand or staff with a silver tip which was given to an outlaw as a sign that they were restored to the king's or queen's peace; and also carried by a messenger of the monarch as a symbol of office, to be broken in protest in cases of deforcement (“resistance to the execution of the law”).
- What part of speech is wand of peace?
- Wand of peace is a noun.
- How do you pronounce wand of peace?
- Wand of peace is pronounced /ˌwɒnd‿əv ˈpiːs/ (UK).
- What is the plural of wand of peace?
- The plural of wand of peace is wands of peace.
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