LEVEE (from the French substantival use of lever, to rise; there is no French substantival use of levee in the English sense)

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LEVEE (from the French substantival use of lever, to rise; there is no French substantival use of levee in the English sense) , a reception or assembly held by the, British sovereign or his representative, in Ireland by the lord-

lieutenant

LIEUTENANT

, in India by the viceroy, in the forenoon or early afternoon, at which men only are present in distinction from a " drawing-room," at which ladies also are presented or received. Under the ancien regime in France the lever of the king was regulated, especially under Louis XIV., by elaborate etiquette, and the various divisions of the ceremonial followed the stages of the king's rising from bed,
rise, for the

east

EAST
EAST, ALFRED (1849- )

, the orient), the name applied widely to the , from which it gained its name. The petit lever began when the
king had washed and said his daily offices; to this were admitted the princes of the blood, certain high

officers

OFFICERS

of the

house

HOUSE
HOUSE (O. Eng. hiss, a word common to Teutonic languages, cf. Dut. huis, Ger. Haus; in
Gothic
- GOTHIC
it is only found in gudhiss, a temple; it may be ultimately connected with the root of " hide," conceal)

-hold and those to whom a

special

SPECIAL

permit had been granted; then followed the premiere entree, to which came the secretaries and other officials and those having the entree; these were received by the king in his dressing-

gown

GOWN

. Finally, at the grand lever, the

remainder

REMAINDER, REVERSION

of the

household

HOUSEHOLD, ROYAL

, the nobles and gentlemen of the court were received; the king by that time was shaved, had changed his linen and was in his wig. In the United States the

term

TERM

" levee" was formerly used of the public receptions held by the president.

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