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Keeper of the chamber. Originally the chamberlain was the keeper of the treasure chamber (camera) of the prince or state; otherwise called "treasurer." Cowell. The name of several high officers of state in England, as the lord great chamberlain of England, lord chamberlain of the household, chamberlain of the exchequer. Cowell; Blount. The word is also used in some American … [Read more...] about CHAMBERLAIN

In English law. Courts of local jurisdiction in and for the two universities of Oxford and Cambridge in England. … [Read more...] about CHANCELLOR'S COURTS IN THE TWO UNIVERSITIES

An ecclesiastic who performs divine service in a chapel; but it more commonly means one who attends upon a king, prince, or other person of quality, for the performance of clerical duties in a private chapel. 4 Coke, 90. A clergyman officially attached to a ship of war, to an army, (or regiment,) or to some public institution, fpr the purpose of performing divine service. … [Read more...] about CHAPLAIN

Ghamberlainship; the office of a chamberlain. Cowell. … [Read more...] about CHAMBERLARIA

In criminal law. A sudden affray. This word is sometimes applied to any kind of homicide by misadventure, but in strictness it is applicable to such killing only as happens in defending one's self. 4 Bl. Comm. 184. … [Read more...] about CHANCE-MEDLEY