32. (_d_) =Law.=--Chancellor, judge, parliament, court, assize, sue, damages, and many others. The word _chancellor_ comes from the Fr. _chancelier_; from the Lat. _cancellarius_, the keeper of written papers. ‘The officer who had the care of the records stood behind the screen of lattice-work or of cross-bars which fenced off the judgment-seat.’ _Cancer_ is the Latin name for a crab; _cancellus_ is a little crab; _cancelli_ are cross-bars or lattice-work, like the claws of crabs crossed. Hence also to _cancel_, which means to draw cross strokes through writing.--_Judge_ comes from the French word _juge_, which comes from the Lat. _judex_ (= _jus-dic-s_, a sayer of right). The old English term was _dempster_, from the verb _deem_; noun, _doom_.--_Parliament_ comes from the Fr. _parler_, to speak; from Low Lat. _parabolāre_, to talk; whence also _parlour_, a room for speaking in.--_Court_ comes from the old Fr. _cort_; from Lat. _cohors_ or _cors_, an inclosed space. A _cohors_ was a sheep-pen; but it was afterwards applied to a number of soldiers.--_Assize_ comes from the old Fr. _assise_, an assembly of judges; from the Lat. _assidēre_, to sit beside.--_Sue_ comes from the old Fr. _suir_ (modern Fr. _suivre_); from the Lat. _sequi_, to follow. We have from the same root the words _suit_, _suite_, _pursue_, _ensue_, _issue_.--_Damages_, from the old Fr. _damáge_, which comes from the Low Lat. _damnaticum_, harm; which comes from the Lat. _damnum_, loss. 33. (_e_) =Church.=--Friar, relic, tonsure, ceremony, etc. _Friar_ is a word which comes from the old Fr. _freire_, which is derived from the Lat. _frater_, a brother.--_Relic_, chiefly used in the plural, from Fr. _reliques_; from Lat. _reliquiæ_, remains.--_Tonsure_ comes from the Fr. _tonsure_; from Lat. _tonsura_, a cutting.--_Ceremony_, from the Fr. _cérémonie_, a rite; from Lat. _cærimonia_. 34. =SYNONYMS GIVEN US BY NORMAN-FRENCH.=--Among other benefits which we have received from the coming in of Norman-French into our language, is a number of synonyms.[11] These have enabled us to give a different shade or colouring to certain words, or to put them to a special use. Thus we speak of the _blessing_ of God, and the _benediction_ of a clergy-man; of the _bloom_ on a peach, and the _flower_ of a lily; of a person as a _member_ of a learned society, but not a _limb_. Now _blessing_, _bloom_, and _limb_ are all English; _benediction_, _flower_, and _member_ are all Latin words--Latin words which have come to us through the doorway of the French language. The following are some more of these synonyms; and, after examining them, it will generally be found that the English words are stronger, simpler, and more homely than the French words. ENGLISH. FRENCH.