/ · 1894 Brewer’s · S · Scandalum Magnatum [scandal of the magnates]
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Words in derogation of peers, judges, and other great officers of the realm. What St. Paul calls “speaking evil of dignities.”
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Entry taken from Dictionary of Phrase and Fable, edited by the Rev. E. Cobham Brewer, LL.D. and revised in 1895.