Sentence examples for elected master from inspiring English sources
In 1585 Hooker was elected master of the Temple Church in London.
In 1978 he was elected master of the Art Workers Guild.
He was elected master of his college in 1978 and knighted in 1982.
He directed the London School of Economics and Political Science from 1919 until 1937, when he was elected master of University College, Oxford.
They followed the Benedictine rule until 1231, meeting under an elected master and at an annually rotating chapter-general of "commanders"; the order switched to the "modern" rule of St. Augustine in 1247.
These orders had been exploited for too long by the nobility and were the subject of intense rivalry among those who sought to be elected master of one or other of them.
Jesse Helms, finishing his first term, and Orrin Hatch, newly elected, mastered and exploited the Senate rules; liberal senators retaliated in kind.
In September 1940, during his Senate re-election campaign, Truman was elected Grand Master of the Missouri Grand Lodge of Freemasonry; Truman said later that the Masonic election assured his victory in the general election.
Passed midshipmen awaiting promotion often elected to become master's mates, a high-ranking petty officer who assisted the master with his duties, served on watch as deputy to the lieutenants, and commanded small boats.
In 1995 he was elected Deputy Grand Master.
About twenty minutes later, as the boat reached the comparatively safer waters of the channel, the master elected to raise the foresail to help steady the vessel.
