English Explanatory Dictionary

Lord High Steward

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. The first of the Great Officers of State in England, nominally ranking above the Lord Chancellor. The office has generally remained vacant since 1421 and is now primarily ceremonial and filled only for a coronation.

Word forms

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