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Definition of Silentiary

Silentiary
Silentiary Si*len"ti*a*ry (s[-i]*l[e^]n"sh[i^]*[asl]*r[y^]), n. [L. silentiarius: cf. F. silenciaire. See Silence.] One appointed to keep silence and order in court; also, one sworn not to divulge secrets of state.

Meaning of Silentiary from wikipedia

- Silentiarius, ****enized to silentiarios (Gr****: σιλεντιάριος) and Anglicized to silentiary, was the Latin title given to a class of courtiers in the Byzantine imperial...
- Paul the Silentiary, also known as Paulus Silentiarius (Gr****: Παῦλος ὁ Σιλεντιάριος, died AD 575–580), was a Gr**** Byzantine poet and courtier to the...
- of one gold solidus per capita. Pope Stephen II and a Roman envoy, the silentiary John, tried through negotiations and bribes to convince Aistulf to back...
- considered by critics to be his magnum opus. El silenciero (1964, "The Silentiary") is noteworthy for expressing his intense abhorrence of noise. Critics...
- its present 6th-century form, was completed in 562. The poet Paul the Silentiary composed an ekphrasis, or long visual poem, for the re-dedication of the...
- Liberalis, Quintus Smyrnaeus, Nonnus, Rom**** the Melodist and Paul the Silentiary.[citation needed] Latin poets included Ausonius, Paulinus of Nola, Claudian...
- λαός ['the people who bear Christ's name']." Earl 1968, p. 148. Paul the Silentiary. Descriptio S. Sophiae et Ambonis, 425, Line 12 ("χῶρος ὅδε Γραικοῖσι");...
- historians, including Procopius and Agathias, and poets such as Paul the Silentiary and Rom**** the Melodist flourished. On the other hand, centres of learning...
- of Hagia Sophia in Constantinople, of which a description by Paul the Silentiary survives. In churches where there is only one speaker's stand at the front...
- Justinian I re-consecrates Hagia Sophia after its dome is rebuilt. Paul the Silentiary, Byzantine poet, writes an epic poem (Ekphrasis). The last Ostrogothic...