Lord of Misrule

NOUN
  1. a person appointed master of revels at a Christmas celebration
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How To Use Lord of Misrule In A Sentence

  • Imprimis*: I give leave to Avery Mitchell, feodary, gentleman, to be Lord of Misrule of all good orders, at the Manor of Hatfield, during the twelve days of Yule-tide. Historic girls; stories of girls who have influenced the history of their times,
  • Lord of Misrule," by Gordon, is set at a down-and-out racetrack and concerns the troubled inhabitants of that world. PEN/Faulkner Foundation announces fiction award finalists
  • Lord of Misrule," for example, has a full cloth cover and a stitched binding, which is practically unheard of these days.
  • The songs they sang were traditional and tied in with pre-Victorian mid-winter celebrations where the Lord of Misrule presided over jollities which were rather wild at heart.
  • Despite her enthusiasm "Lord of Misrule" failed to attract interest from a mainstream publisher.
  • The Advent fast ended on Christmas Eve; then there were twelve days of feasting, banqueting, pageantry, disguising, and convivial merrymaking, all presided over by the Lord of Misrule, or Master of Merry Disports.
  • Jerusalem centers on Johnny "Rooster" Byron, a hypertrophied, unemployed Lord of Misrule, currently squatting in a trailer on some forestland in southwest England. Eamon Murphy: Theater Review: Jerusalem
  • KALAMAZOO, Mich. — Jaimy Gordon's novel "Lord of Misrule," which won the National Book Award for fiction last month, was such a long shot that even Ms.
  • Despite her enthusiasm "Lord of Misrule" failed to attract interest from a mainstream publisher. "It was like dropping it over a cliff," she said.
  • Despite her enthusiasm "Lord of Misrule" failed to attract interest from a mainstream publisher. "It was like dropping it over a cliff," she said.
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