LIVERY  , originally the See also:

• PROVISION (Lat. provisio)

provision of See also:

• FOOD
• FOOD (like the verb " to feed," from a Teutonic root, whence O. Eng. foda; cf. " fodder "; connected with Gr. lrareicOae, to feed)

food, clothing, &c., to See also:

• HOUSEHOLD, ROYAL

household servants . The word is an See also:

• ADAPTATION (from Lat. adaptare. to fit to)

adaptation of the Anglo-See also:

• FRENCH
• FRENCH, DANIEL CHESTER (1850– )
• FRENCH, NICHOLAS (1604-1678)

French livree, from livrer, to deliver (See also:

• LATE

Late See also:

• LAT

Lat. liberare, to set See also:

• FREE

free, to serve, to give freely), in the See also:

• SPECIAL

special sense of distributing . In the sense of a fixed See also:

• ALLOWANCE (from "allow,' derived through 0. Fr. alouer from the two Lat. origins adlaudare, to praise, and allocare, to assign a place; so that the English word combined the general idea of "assigning with approval")

allowance of provender for horses, it survives now only in "livery-See also:

• STABLE

stable," i.e. an See also:

• ESTABLISHMENT (0. Fr. establissement, Fr. etablissement, late Norm. Fr. establishement, from O. Fr. establir, Fr. etablir, Lat. stabilire, to make stable)

establishment where horses and carriages are kept or let out for hire . From the meaning of provision of food and clothing the word is applied to a See also:

• UNIFORM

uniform worn by the retainers and servants of a household . In the 15th See also:

• CENTURY (from Lat. centuria, a division of a hundred men)

century in See also:

• ENGLAND
• ENGLAND, THE CHURCH OF

England a badge, See also:

• COLLAR

collar or other insignia, the "livery," was worn by all those who pledged themselves to support one of the See also:

• GREAT

great barons in return for his promise of "See also:

• MAINTENANCE (Fr. maintenance, from maintenir, to maintain, support, Lat. manu tenere, to hold in the hand)

maintenance," i.e. of See also:

• PROTECTION

protection against enemies; thus arose the See also:

• CUSTOM (from O. Fr. costume, costume or coustume; Low Lat. costuma, a shortened form of consuetudo)

custom of "livery and maintenance," suppressed by See also:

• HENRY
• HENRY (1129-1195)
• HENRY (c. 1108-1139)
• HENRY (c. 1174–1216)
• HENRY (Fr. Henri; Span. Enrique; Ger. Heinrich; Mid. H. Ger. Heinrich and Heimrich; O.H.G. Haimi- or Heimirih, i.e. " prince, or chief of the house," from O.H.G. heim, the Eng. home, and rih, Goth. reiks; compare Lat. rex " king "—" rich," therefore " mig
• HENRY, EDWARD LAMSON (1841– )
• HENRY, JAMES (1798-1876)
• HENRY, JOSEPH (1797-1878)
• HENRY, MATTHEW (1662-1714)
• HENRY, PATRICK (1736–1799)
• HENRY, PRINCE OF BATTENBERG (1858-1896)
• HENRY, ROBERT (1718-1790)
• HENRY, VICTOR (1850– )
• HENRY, WILLIAM (1795-1836)

Henry VII . The members of the See also:

• LONDON

London See also:

• CITY (through Fr. cite, from Lat. civitas)

city companies wore a distinctive See also:

• COSTUME
• COSTUME (through the Fr. costume, from Ital. costume, Late Lat. costuma, a contracted form of Lat. consuetudinem, ace. of consuetudo, custom, habit, manner, &c.)

costume or " livery," whence the See also:

• TERM

term "livery companies." In See also:

• LAW
• LAW (0. Eng. lagu, M. Eng. lawe; from an old Teutonic root lag, " lie," what lies fixed or evenly; cf. Lat. lex, Fr. loi)
• LAW, JOHN (1671—1729)
• LAW, WILLIAM (1686-1761)

law, the term "livery" means "delivery," the legal handing of See also:

• PROPERTY

property into the See also:

• POSSESSION
• POSSESSION (Lat. possessio, possidere, to possess)

possession of another; for " livery of See also:

• SEISIN (from M. Eng. saysen, seysen, in the legal sense of to put in possession of, or to take possession of, hence, to grasp, to seize; the O. Fr. seisir, saisir, is from Low Lat. satire, generally referred to the same source as Goth. satjan, O. Eng. set

seisin " see See also:

• FEOFFMENT

FEOFFMENT .