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Originally appearing in Volume V26, Page 613 of the 1911 Encyclopedia Britannica.

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TEMPLE See also:
BAR
BAR (0. Fr. barre, Late Lat. barra, origin unknown)
BAR, CONFEDERATION OF
BAR, FRANCOIS DE (1538-1606)
BAR, THE
BAR , an historic site in See also:

LONDON

London, See also:

England. In more than one of the See also:

main roads converging upon the See also:

CITY (through Fr. cite, from Lat. civitas)

city of London a bar or See also:

CHAIN (through the O. Fr. citable, chcene, &c., from Lat. catena)

chain marked the extra-mural See also:

jurisdiction of the See also:

CORPORATION (from Lat. corporare, to form into a body, corpus, corporis)

Corporation. Temple Bar stood at the junction of the See also:

PRESENT

present Strand and See also:

FLEET

Fleet See also:

Street, over against the See also:

Law Courts. A bar is first mentioned here in 1301, but the name is most See also:

FAMILIAR (through the Fr. familier, from Lat. familiaris, of or belonging to the familia, family)

familiar in its application to the gateway designed by See also:

Sir See also:

CHRISTOPHER, SAINT (Christophorus, Christoferus)

Christopher See also:

Wren, which replaced an older structure on this spot in 1672. This was removed in 1878, and set up in 1888 at the entrance to Theobalds See also:

Park near See also:

CHESHUNT

Cheshunt, See also:

HERTFORDSHIRE [HERrs]

Hertfordshire. A See also:

PEDESTAL (Fr. piedestal, Ital. piedestallo, foot of a stall)

pedestal surmounted by a See also:

DRAGON (Fr. dragon, through Lat. draco, from the Greek; connected with SEpeoµay " see," and interpreted as " sharp-sighted "; O.H. Ger. tracho, dracho, M.H.G. trache, Mod. Ger. Drachen; A.S. draca, hence the equivalent English form " drake," " fire-drake,

dragon or " See also:

griffin " marks the old site. When the See also:

SOVEREIGN

sovereign is about to enter the city in See also:

state, whether by Temple Bar or elsewhere, the See also:

Lord See also:

Mayor, in accordance with See also:

ancient See also:

CUSTOM (from O. Fr. costume, costume or coustume; Low Lat. costuma, a shortened form of consuetudo)

custom, presents the See also:

SWORD (0. Eng. sweord; ultimately from an Indo-European root meaning to wound)

sword of the city to him, and he at once returns it. Formerly the bar or See also:

GATE

gate was closed against the sovereign until this ceremony was carried out.

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