Both Uses
sergeant at arms
in
Henry VIII
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- [Enter Brandon, a Sergeant-at-arms before him, and two or three of the Guard.†
Scene 1.1
- Enter two Vergers, with short silver wands; next them, two Scribes, in the habit of doctors; after them, the Archbishop of Canterbury alone; after him, the Bishops of Lincoln, Ely, Rochester, and Saint Asaph; next them, with some small distance, follows a Gentleman bearing the purse, with the great seal, and a cardinal's hat; then two Priests, bearing each silver cross; then a Gentleman Usher bareheaded, accompanied with a Sergeant-at-arms bearing a silver mace; then two Gentlemen bearing two great silver pillars; after them, side by side, the two Cardinals; two Noblemen with the sword and mace.†
Scene 2.4 *
Definitions:
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(1)
(sergeant at arms) someone responsible for enforcing order at a meeting
- (2) (meaning too rare to warrant focus)