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Lat. pagius has been commonly referred to Gr. iraubiov, diminutive of irais, boy, but the connexion is extremely doubtful. Others refer the word to the pueri paedagogiani, young slaves trained to become paedagogi (Gr. iraebaymyoi), or tutors to young boys attending school. Under the See also:

EMPIRE

empire, See also:

numbers of such youths were attached to the imperial See also:

HOUSEHOLD, ROYAL

household for the purposes of ceremonial attendance on See also:

state occasions, thus occupying much the same position as that of the pages of a royal or See also:

NOBLE, SIR ANDREW (1832- )

noble household in See also:

MEDIEVAL

medieval and See also:

MODERN

modern times. In fact the term paedagogiani became See also:

EQUIVALENT

equivalent to pueri honorarii, qui in palatio ministerio principis militabant (so Du Cange, Glossarium, s.v.). See also:

LITTRE, MAXIMILIEN PAUL SMILE (1801-1881)

Littre refers pagius to pagensis, i.e. rustic, belonging to the See also:

COUNTRY (from the Mid. Eng. contre or contrie, and O. Fr. cuntree; Late Lat. contrata, showing the derivation from contra, opposite, over against, thus the tract of land which fronts the sight, cf. Ger. Gegend, neighbourhood)

country districts (pagus), and adduces from this the fact that the pagii were not necessarily boys or youths; and quotes from See also:

CLAUDE, JEAN (1619-1687)

Claude See also:

Fauchet (153o-16o1) the statement (See also:

Lib. I.

Orig. milit. cap. i.) that up to the See also:

time of See also:

Charles VI. (1368-1403) and Charles VII. (1403-1461) " le mot de Page . . . . sembloit etre seulement See also:

DONNE, JOHN (1573–1631)

donne a de See also:

WILES, IRVING RAMSAY (1861- )

wiles personnes, comme a garcons de pied." See also:

SKEAT, WALTER WILLIAM (1835– )

Skeat (Etym. See also:

DIET

Diet.) points out that the See also:

FORM (Lat. forma)

form of the word in Portuguese, pagem, indicates the derivation from pagensis. The word " page " was applied in See also:

ENGLISH

English to a boy or youth who was employed as an assistant to an older servant, acting as it were as an apprentice and learning his duties. In See also:

PRESENT

present usage the See also:

CHIEF (from Fr. chef, head, Lat. caput)

chief applications are: (a) to a boy or lad, generally wearing See also:

LIVERY

livery, and sometimes styled a " buttons," who is employed as a domestic servant; and (b) to a young boy who, dressed in See also:

FANCY (a shortened form, dating from the 15th century, of " fantasy," which is derived through the O. Fr. fantasie, modern fantaisie. from the Latinized form of the Gr. cbavraoia, Oavrai'ecv, Oat Pais, to show)

fancy See also:

costume, forms See also:

PART

part of the bridal procession at weddings. The word is also used (c) as the See also:

TITLE (0. Fr. title, mod. titre, from Lat. titulus)

title of various officials of different See also:

RANK (O.Fr. rant or rent, mod. rang, generally connected with the O.E. and O.H.G. bring, a ring)

rank in royal and other households; thus in the See also:

BRITISH

British royal household there are pages of See also:

HONOUR (Lat. honos or lwnor, honoris; in English the word was spelled with or without the u indifferently until the 17th century, but during the 18th century it became fashion-able to spell the word " honor "; Johnson's and Webster's Dictionaries stereoty

honour, a page of the See also:

chambers, pages of the presence, and pages of the back stairs. These, no doubt, descend from the pueri paedagogiani of the See also:

ROMAN

Roman imperial household through the young persons of noble or See also:

GENTLE (through the Fr. gentil, from Lat. gentilis, belonging to the same gens, or family)

gentle See also:

BIRTH (a word common in various forms to Teutonic languages from the root of the verb " to bear ")

birth, who, during the See also:

MIDDLE

middle and later ages, served in the household of royal and noble persons, and received a training to See also:

fit them for their future position in society. In the times of See also:

CHIVALRY (O. Fr. chevalerie, from Late Lat. caballerius)

chivalry the " page " was one who served a See also:

knight and was trained to See also:

KNIGHTHOOD

knighthood, and ranked next to a See also:

SQUIRE

squire. (See KNIGHTHOOD and See also:

VALET (Fr. valet; O. Fr. vaslet)

VALET.) (2) In the sense of one See also:

side of a See also:

LEAF (O. Eng. leaf, cf. Dutch loof, Ger. Laub, Swed. lof, &c.; possibly to be referred to the root seen in Gr. Ma-eta, to peel, strip)

leaf of printed or written See also:

MATTER

matter, the word is derived through Fr. from Lat. pagina (pangere, to fasten).

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