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Marshalsea

[ mahr-shuhl-see ]

noun

, British History.
  1. the court of the marshal of the royal household.
  2. a debtors' prison in London, abolished in 1842.


Marshalsea

/ ˈmɑːʃəlˌsiː /

noun

  1. (formerly in England) a court held before the knight marshal: abolished 1849
  2. a prison for debtors and others, situated in Southwark, London: abolished in 1842
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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Word History and Origins

Origin of Marshalsea1

1350–1400; Middle English marchalsye, variant of marschalcie. See marshal, -cy
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Word History and Origins

Origin of Marshalsea1

C14: see marshal , -cy
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Example Sentences

He briefly ran his own financial consultancy, which he named Marshalsea Associates, after the prison in “Little Dorrit.”

His grandfather was a servant, and his father, John Dickens, was an impecunious minor civil servant ultimately sent to the notorious debtors’ prison, Marshalsea.

We take our first look at the Marshalsea debtors’ prison, which is to be the core of Little Dorrit.

Young John Chivery, son of the Marshalsea Turnkeeper, is rewarded for running "mysterious missions" with a banquet, for which Miss Rugg "with her own hands stuffed a leg of mutton with oysters."

From BBC

Left: took his selfie while filming at the wall of Marshalsea debtors' prison.

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