s also used for a particular march, or beat of drum; being the first which gives notice, commonly in the morning early, for the infantry to be in readiness to march.

General is likewise an appellation by which officers in law, in the revenues, &c. are distinguished; as, attorney-general, solicitor-general, &c. receiver-general, comptroller-general, &c. See Attorney, &c.

General is also used for the chief of an order of monks; or of all the houses and congregations established under the same rule. Thus we say, the general of the Franciscans, Cistercians, &c.

Generaliissimo, called also captain-general, and simply general, is an officer who commands all the military powers of a nation; who gives orders to all the other general officers; and receives no orders himself but from the king.

Mons. Balzac observes, that the cardinal de Richelien first coined this word, of his own absolute authority, upon his going to command the French army in Italy.