The official box, in the shape of an antler, was unearthed from underneath the aldermanic bench amidst much amusement, and the Mayor promised ere another sitting the article in question should be duly cleaned and replenished with the stimulating powder.
"England in the Days of Old"
William Andrews
There are aldermanic banquets in New York or the city of London in our own day, which far surpass, in costliness and variety, the banquets of Lucullus or the pontiff's feast described by Macrobius.
"Roman Society from Nero to Marcus Aurelius"
Samuel Dill
Mine were indeed among the least remarkable; but I confess that the air of vraisemblance produced by my production of the aldermanic gown gave me the palm above all competitors.
"The Confessions of Harry Lorrequer, Complete"
Charles James Lever (1806-1872)