- revels office
- noun
Usage: usually capitalized R&O: a former office in the English royal household of which the master of the revels was head and which had charge of court entertainment
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Revels, Master of the — ▪ English court official English court official, who, from Tudor times up until the Licensing Act of 1737, supervised the production and financing of often elaborate court entertainments. He later was the official issuer of licenses to… … Universalium
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