“of the”

The following 434 entries include the term of the.

Entries 106–120 of 434

clerk of the scales

: an official who weighs jockeys and their gear before and after a horse race

cock of the rock

: a bird (Rupicola rupicola) of the family Cotingidae of northern South America the male being chiefly orange in color with a high disklike crest

cock of the wood

column of the fornix

: either of the anterior pillars of the fornix

commission of the peace

: a commission under the great seal constituting one or more persons justices of the peace

conservator of the peace

: an officer charged with maintaining the public peace or one having this power as an adjunct of another office

corpuscle of the spleen

: renal corpuscle

courtesy of the port

: the extension to a passenger returning from a foreign port of the privilege of immediate customs examination of his or her baggage

Court of the Constable and Marshal

: the English court of chivalry at the period when both the lord high constable and the earl marshal presided in it compare earl marshal's court

Court of the Lord Lyon

: lyon court

cross of the Resurrection

: a slender cross with a pennant at the junction of the bars

crown-of-the-field

noun

crown of the rose

: an English gold coin first struck by Henry VIII in 1526

cult of the dead

cycle of the sun

: a period of 28 years at the end of which the days of the month according to the Julian calendar return to the same days of the week


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