The Court of St
Preserved but no longer current.
James's. The British court, to which foreign ambassadors are officially accredited. St. James's Palace, Pall Mall, stands on the site of a 12th-century leper hospital dedicated to St. James the Less. The Palace was a royal residence from 1698 until 1837, and since then has been used for levees and drawing-rooms.
Era: ca. 1898 (Victorian)
Sources & notes
Reproduced from Brewer’s Dictionary of Phrase and Fable (1898 edition, public domain; archive.org, retrieved 2026-07-31; OCR text, minor errors possible). Reflects the scholarship and attitudes of its era.
Common questions
What does “The Court of St” mean?
James's. The British court, to which foreign ambassadors are officially accredited. St. James's Palace, Pall Mall, stands on the site of a 12th-century leper hospital dedicated to St. James the Less. The Palace was a royal residence from 1698 until 1837, and since then has been used for levees and drawing-rooms.
Is “The Court of St” formal or informal?
No register label has been reviewed yet — treat it as neutral and check the usage notes above.