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4119503Encyclopædia Britannica, First Edition, Volume II — Cap of Maintenance1771

Cap of maintenance, one of the regalia, or ornaments of state belonging to the kings of England, before whom it was carried at the coronation, and other great solemnities. Caps of maintenance are also carried before the mayors of the several cities in England.