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Previous Thread Next Thread Print Thread Ambassador Leidger #99639 03/29/2003 2:06 PM Joined: Jan 2001 Posts: 13,858 wwh Carpal Tunnel wwh Carpal Tunnel Joined: Jan 2001 Posts: 13,858 In reading about William Penn, he mentions "Leidger", in a context that made me think it had something to do with theology. " It is of that Moment to us in Reference to both Worlds, that I can hardly wish any Man better, than that he would seriously consider what he does with his Time: How and to What Ends he Employs it; and what Returns he makes to God, his Neighbor and Himself for it. Will he ne’er have a Leidger for this? This, the greatest Wisdom and Work of Life." But in searching for "Leidger", instead of a person, I found what seems to be a title of some sort. Sir Henry Unton was elected Knight of the Shire for Berkshire in the Parliament of 1593. In December 1595, he went again as Ambassador to France. In a letter to the Lord Treasurer of the 17th March following, he mentions that he had then been, for some days, suffering from a malignant fever and had been abandoned by his physicians. He died on the 23rd of the same month. His body was brought to England and, in consequence of his dying in the dignified position of Ambassador Leidger, his funeral honours were the same as those usually paid to a Baron So now I've got to go search some more. Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Re: Ambassador Leidger #99640 03/29/2003 2:12 PM Joined: Sep 2001 Posts: 6,296 Piedmont Region of Virginia, U... Wordwind Carpal Tunnel Wordwind Carpal Tunnel Joined: Sep 2001 Posts: 6,296 Piedmont Region of Virginia, U... Don't know whether this is related, wwh, but here's a paste from Dictionary.com: leiger Leger \Leg"er\ (l[e^]j"[~e]r), n. [See Ledger.] 1. Anything that lies in a place; that which, or one who, remains in a place. [Obs.] 2. A minister or ambassador resident at a court or seat of government. [Written also lieger, leiger.] [Obs.] Sir Edward Carne, the queen's leger at Rome. --Fuller. 3. A ledger. Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Re: Ambassador Leidger #99641 03/30/2003 11:45 AM Joined: Apr 2000 Posts: 3,065 Jakarta Bingley Carpal Tunnel Bingley Carpal Tunnel Joined: Apr 2000 Posts: 3,065 Jakarta I wonder, Dr. Bill, whether it is a old-fashioned spelling of ledger, the idea being that you should keep some sort of ledger showing what you have received from God, and your neighbours, and what return you have given them. Do the books balance? Bingley Bingley Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Re: Ambassador Leidger #99642 03/30/2003 4:41 PM Joined: Dec 2000 Posts: 13,803 Faldage Carpal Tunnel Faldage Carpal Tunnel Joined: Dec 2000 Posts: 13,803 OED1 lists leidger as a variant of ledger and one of the definitions of ledger is [a]n ordinary or resident ambassador; also, a papal nuncio. Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Moderated by  Jackie  Hop To General Topics ------  Information and announcements  Q&A about words  Wordplay and fun  Words and languages in schools  Miscellany  Weekly Themes  Looking for (writers, speakers,... (Old) Weekly themes. (have been... ------  Words from medicine  Beheading words  Meta-words  Words from classical mythology  Animal Safari  Words with unusual etymologies  Eponyms or words derived from p...  Loanwords from German  English as a global language Print Thread Switch to Threaded Mode Show Likes Link Copied to Clipboard View Profile Private Message Follow User Forum Posts Like Summary View Profile Private Message Follow User Forum Posts Like Summary View Profile Private Message Follow User Forum Posts Like Summary View Profile Private Message Website Follow User Forum Posts Like Summary

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