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See also: LEVEE (from the See also:French substantival use of See also:lever, to rise; there is no French substantival use of levee in the See also:English sense) , a reception or See also:assembly held by the, See also:British See also:sovereign or his representative, in See also:Ireland by the See also:lord-See also:lieutenant, in See also:India by the See also:viceroy, in the forenoon or See also:early afternoon, at which men only are See also:present in distinction from a " See also:drawing-See also:room," at which ladies also are presented or received. Under the ancien regime in See also:France the lever of the See also:- KING
- KING (O. Eng. cyning, abbreviated into cyng, cing; cf. O. H. G. chun- kuning, chun- kunig, M.H.G. kiinic, kiinec, kiinc, Mod. Ger. Konig, O. Norse konungr, kongr, Swed. konung, kung)
- KING [OF OCKHAM], PETER KING, 1ST BARON (1669-1734)
- KING, CHARLES WILLIAM (1818-1888)
- KING, CLARENCE (1842–1901)
- KING, EDWARD (1612–1637)
- KING, EDWARD (1829–1910)
- KING, HENRY (1591-1669)
- KING, RUFUS (1755–1827)
- KING, THOMAS (1730–1805)
- KING, WILLIAM (1650-1729)
- KING, WILLIAM (1663–1712)
king was regulated, especially under See also:- LOUIS
- LOUIS (804–876)
- LOUIS (893–911)
- LOUIS, JOSEPH DOMINIQUE, BARON (1755-1837)
- LOUIS, or LEWIS (from the Frankish Chlodowich, Chlodwig, Latinized as Chlodowius, Lodhuwicus, Lodhuvicus, whence-in the Strassburg oath of 842-0. Fr. Lodhuwigs, then Chlovis, Loys and later Louis, whence Span. Luiz and—through the Angevin kings—Hungarian
Louis XIV., by elaborate See also:etiquette, and the various divisions of the ceremonial followed the stages of the king's rising from See also:bed,
rise, for the See also:east, the orient), the name applied widely to the , from which it gained its name. The See also:petit lever began when the
king had washed and said his daily offices; to this were admitted the princes of the See also:blood, certain high See also:officers of the See also:house-hold and those to whom a See also:special permit had been granted; then followed the premiere entree, to which came the secretaries and other officials and those having the entree; these were received by the king in his dressing-See also:gown. Finally, at the See also:grand lever, the See also:remainder of the See also:household, the nobles and gentlemen of the See also:court were received; the king by that See also:- TIME (0. Eng. Lima, cf. Icel. timi, Swed. timme, hour, Dan. time; from the root also seen in " tide," properly the time of between the flow and ebb of the sea, cf. O. Eng. getidan, to happen, " even-tide," &c.; it is not directly related to Lat. tempus)
- TIME, MEASUREMENT OF
- TIME, STANDARD
time was shaved, had changed his See also:linen and was in his See also:wig. In the See also:United States the See also:term " levee" was formerly used of the public receptions held by the See also:president.
End of Article: LEVEE (from the French substantival use of lever, to rise; there is no French substantival use of levee in the English sense)
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