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Belonging to a censor, or to the correction of public morals. Junius.

tives or monarchists, who sit on the right of the speaker, and the radicals or advanced republicans who occupy the seats on his left, See Right, and Left.

Public festivals in honor of Ceres.

n officer who determines the forms to be observed, or superintends their observance, on a public occasion. -- Not to stand on ceremony, not to be ceremonious; to be familiar, outspoken, or bold.

To carry publicly in a chair in triumph. [Eng.]

The presiding officer of a committee, or of a public or private meeting, or of any organized body.

A treasurer or receiver of public money; as, the chamberlain of London, of North Wales, etc. The lord chamberlain of England, an officer of the crown, who waits upon the sovereign on the day of coronation, and provides requisites for the palace of Westminster, and for the House of Lords during the session of Parliament…

A public house; an alehouse. [Scot.] They call an alehouse a change. Burt.

A matron who accompanies a young lady in public, for propriety, or as a guide and protector.

Attendance of a chaperon on a lady in public; protection afforded by a chaperon.

A clergyman who is officially atteched to the army or navy, to some public institution, or to a family or court, for the purpose of performing divine service.

or devises] including relief of the poor or friendless, education, religious culture, and public institutions. The charities that soothe, and heal, and bless, Are scattered at the feet of man like flowers. Wordsworth. Sisters of Charity (R. C. Ch.), a sisterhood of religious women engaged in works of mercy, esp. in nur…

A well known public school and charitable foundation in the building once used as a Carthusian monastery (Chartreuse) in London.

d States, the presiding judge of the Supreme Court, and Highest judicial officer of the republic.

To bless according to a prescribed form, or to unite with in publicly returning thanks in church, as after deliverance from the dangers of childbirth; as, the churching of women.

around which the track or course was laid out. It was used for chariot races, games, and public shows.

Conducted with secrecy; withdrawn from public notice, usually for an evil purpose; kept secret; hidden; private; underhand; as, a clandestine marriage. Locke.

A room, attached to any place of public resort, where cloaks, overcoats, etc., may be deposited for a time.

To prepare for public examination by private instruction; to train by special instruction. [Colloq.] I coached him before he got his scholarship. G. Eliot.

ifically applied by the courts are set forth in systematic form; a compilation of laws by public authority; a digest.