>> > > Which word of four letters can be added to the front
>> > > of the following words to create other English words?
>> >         elan
>> >         ration
>> >         or
>> >         ling

>> Yay! - got it!

> Which reminds me - it's been long enough.  Is it "cast", or =

> something
> else?  What the heck's "castelan", if so?  It's not in any =

> dictionary
> I've checked, but then, I've got no other obvious choice for more =

> than
> two of them.


"Cast..." it is.
Well done all.
I could have also added words like off, away, iron (some arguably with =

hyphens) ... but they all seemed rather easier to crack.

Castelan is, as I noted, rather marginal and "foreign" - I somewhat =

regret including it although it does seem legitimate.

A Castelan is a keeper of a castle - often a honorary title referring =

to having authority over an area. Used in several places. One such is =

Bouillon in Belgium where an honorary role was appointed long ago =

(1415).

        http://www.heraldica.org/topics/france/bouillon.htm

/Bouillon was in the possession of the bishops of Li=E9ge from 1095 to =

1678, with some interruptions. But, since Bouillon is some distance =

from Li=E9ge, and was not a contiguous part of the bishop's temporal =

domain, it retained its separate identity, governed by its own law and =

customs, and overseen by a castelan or governor appointed by the =

bishop.
\
/
>From 1415, the castelans were the La Marck or van der Marck (a younger =

branch of the family who became dukes of Cleves and J=FClich): arms, Or =

a fess chequy argent and gules.
\

and

        http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bouillon

a.. 14th century - Bouillon Castle, as an exclave of the bishopric of =

Liege, is governed by specially appointed castelans.
a.. 1415 - The office of castelan becomes a hereditary possession of =

the van der Marck, a cadet branch of the future Dukes of Cleves and =

Julich.

________

SO, while it is indeed a thoroughly furrin werd, it is also used =

directly in English without translation and some may (perhaps) use it =

with a degree of levity in other contexts.
___________

And the English in fact used it (it seems) prior to the Belgians.
here's "The PEDIGREE of Walter FitzOTHO (FitzOTHER) Keeper of the =

Forrest; Castelan (Constable) of WINDSOR Castle"

        http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~jamesdow/s000/f009072.htm


_____________

Film with Jesuits and a castle keeper

        http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0419712/



_________________


Here's a man who think he are one - 'Lord Brendan Mad'

        http://72.14.203.104/search?q=3Dcache:XRUQ7GESL3UJ:www.spiaggia-lev=
antina.org/resources/books.html+castelan+title&hl=3Den&gl=3Dnz&ct=3Dclnk&cd=
=3D7
    and     http://www.spiaggia-levantina.org/members/brendan.html



Am I excused ? :-)

        RM

-- =

http://www.piclist.com PIC/SX FAQ & list archive
View/change your membership options at
http://mailman.mit.edu/mailman/listinfo/piclist