Black Rod
(in England) an official of the Order of the Garter and chief ceremonial usher of the House of Lords: so called from the rod carried as the symbol of office.
a similar official in British colonial and Commonwealth legislatures.
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The keeper of the Black Rod is a very genteel office, which yields about 900 during the session.
Life and Correspondence of David Hume, Volume II (of 2) | John Hill BurtonWith another neighbor, Black Rod, a noble St. Bernard, the initial friendship was soon broken.
Sigurd Our Golden Collie and Other Comrades of the Road | Katharine Lee BatesBowyer (Master), usher of the Black Rod in the court of queen Elizabeth.
Character Sketches of Romance, Fiction and the Drama, Vol 1 | The Rev. E. Cobham Brewer, LL.D.Black Rod is on such occasions the central figure of a curious ceremony of much historic significance.
Black Rod then strikes three times with his staff, and on being asked “Who is there?”
British Dictionary definitions for Black Rod
(in Britain) an officer of the House of Lords and of the Order of the Garter, whose main duty is summoning the Commons at the opening and proroguing of Parliament
a similar officer in any of certain other legislatures
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