livery company in English
noun
1
(in the UK) any of a number of companies of the City of London descended from the medieval trade guilds. They are now largely social and charitable organizations.
During the mid 1800s, many colleges purchased their own barges, often from London livery companies , which they used as club rooms and moored alongside Christ Church meadow.
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1. The Society of Apothecaries is both a City livery company and an examining authority for the medical profession
2. The Salters' Livery Company tells us that "some of the members who were salt traders were also 'Drysalters' and dealt in flax, hemp, logwood, cochineal, potashes and chemical preparations."