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Remembrancer
(gcide) | Remembrancer \Re*mem"bran*cer\ (-bran-s?r), n.
1. One who, or that which, serves to bring to, or keep in,
mind; a memento; a memorial; a reminder.
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Premature consiolation is but the remembrancer of
sorrow. --Goldsmith.
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Ye that are the lord's remembrancers. --Isa. lxii.
6. (Rev.
Ver.).
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2. A term applied in England to several officers, having
various functions, their duty originally being to bring
certain matters to the attention of the proper persons at
the proper time. "The remembrancer of the lord treasurer
in the exchequer." --Bacon.
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REMEMBRANCERS
(bouvier) | REMEMBRANCERS; Eng. law. Officers of the exchequer, whose duty it is to
remind the lord treasurer and the justices of that court of such things as
are to be called and attended to for the benefit of the crown.
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