Cupbearer

In the songs of intoxication, “Wine” represents “knowledge of the Divine”, the “Cupbearer” (saaqi) is God or a spiritual guide, the “Tavern” is the metaphorical place where the soul may (or may not) be fortunate enough to attain spiritual enlightenment.

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Occupation: Cupbearer to the king of Persia, then governor in Judah

Saints & Scoundrels of the Bible Linda Chaffee Taylor 2008

Occupation: Cupbearer to the king of Persia, then governor in Judah

Saints & Scoundrels of the Bible Linda Chaffee Taylor 2008

Cupbearer in perpetuam to an Empire sounds very important and suggests great possibilities of influencing people.

From a Terrace in Prague Lieut.-Col. B. Granville Baker

_Chief Cupbearer_ has retained his office and the possession of the manor of Great Wimondley, in Hertfordshire, as his reward.

Coronation Anecdotes Giles Gossip

Solitary, before the frescoes of the bull ring and the Cupbearer, Nancy recovered antiquity.

DEVELOPMENT A NOVEL BY W. BRYHER WITH A PREFACE BY AMY LOWELL 1920

Her brother was King James's Chief Cupbearer for Ireland, a title hereditary in the Butler family, as their name implies.

The Catholic Encyclopedia, Volume 3: Brownson-Clairvaux 1840-1916 1913

The half-boots and puttees, the decorated girdle compressing the waist, not quite so tightly as in the Minoan representations, the gaily adorned loin-cloth, which is the only article of attire, all are practically identical with the type of such a fresco as that of the Cupbearer at Knossos.

The Sea-Kings of Crete James Baikie 1898

Now it was the turn of the Hereditary Cupbearer, who rode to the fountain and fetched wine.

The Best of the World's Classics, Restricted to Prose, Vol. VIII (of X) - Continental Europe II. Various 1885

Gentlemen, that is to say, Claudius of Ponte Briand, Cupbearer to the

Great Epochs in American History, Volume I. Voyages Of Discovery And Early Explorations: 1000 A.D.-1682 Various 1885