noun
definition
One who ceremonially fills and hands out the cups in which a drink is served.
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Examples of cupbearer in a Sentence
The king's cupbearer, Sarcas, was very much offended because he was not given a share of the feast.
Tomorrow, you shall be the king's cupbearer.
These rulers were descended from Anushtajin, a Turkish slave of Ghazni, who became cupbearer to the Seijuk M alik Shah, and afterwards governor of Khwarizm (Khiva) in 1077.
Though the title of king was only conferred on Vratislav g g y "kings" personally, the German king, Conrad III., conferred on the Bohemian prince Sobeslav (1125-1140) the title of hereditary cupbearer of the Empire, thus granting a certain influence on the election of the emperors to Bohemia, which hitherto had only obligations towards the Empire but no part in its government.
These were the Great Logothete (Marele Logofetu) or chancellor; the governor of Lower Moldavia - Vorniculu de t'erra de josu; the governor of Upper Moldavia - Vorniculu de t'erra de sus; the Hatman or commander - in - chief; the high chamberlain - Marele Postelnicu; the great Spathar, or sword-bearer; the great cupbearer - Marele Paharnicu; and the treasurer, or Vistiernicu, who together formed the prince's council and were known as Boiari de Svatu.
The chief cupbearer, however, did not remember Joseph; he forgot him.
And I think that the low point of it all must have been when he met up with the royal cupbearer.
This writer's thought is coloured by the older speculations of Philo, who in metaphor called the Loges the heavenly bread and food, the cupbearer and cup of God; and he seems even to protest against a literal interpretation of the words of institution, since he not only pointedly omits them in his account of the Last Supper, but in v.
He was dressed in the rich uniform of the cupbearer, and he came forward with much dignity and grace.
It is the rule and custom of the cupbearer to pour out a little of the wine and taste it before handing the cup to me.