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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)

This article appears in Volume V16, Page 506 of the Encyclopedia Britannica.

Encyclopedia Britannica - Main :: LEO-LOB
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
 , 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
 , 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
  of the
house
 -hold and those to whom a
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
 . Finally, at the grand lever, the
remainder
  of the
household
 , 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
  " levee" was formerly used of the public receptions held by the president.


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