remembrancer

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remembrancer - Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 :

  Remembrancer \Re*mem"bran*cer\ (-bran-s?r), n.
     1. One who, or that which, serves to bring to, or keep in,
        mind; a memento; a memorial; a reminder.
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              Premature consiolation is but the remembrancer of
              sorrow.                               --Goldsmith.
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              Ye that are the lord's remembrancers. --Isa. lxii.
                                                    6. (Rev.
                                                    Ver.).
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     2. A term applied in England to several officers, having
        various functions, their duty originally being to bring
        certain matters to the attention of the proper persons at
        the proper time. "The remembrancer of the lord treasurer
        in the exchequer." --Bacon.
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