Chapter Chancellor of the Exchequer to Charge of C by Brewer's Phrase & Fable

Character (A ). An oddity. One who has a distinctive peculiarity of manner: Sam Weller is a character, so is Pickwick. And Sam Weller's conduct in the law-court was “in character,” but had he betrayed his master it would have been “out of character.”

Charbonnerie Democratique A new Carbonari society, founded in Paris on the principles of Babeuf. The object of these Republicans was to make Paris the centre of all political movements. (See page 214, col. 2, Carbonari .)

Charge
   Curate in charge. A curate placed by a bishop in charge of a parish where there is no incumbent, or where the incumbent is suspended.
   To charge oneself with. To take upon oneself the onus of a given task.
   To give charge over. To set one in authority over.

“I gave my brother Hanani ... charge over Jerusalem.”- Nehemiah vii. 2.

   To give in charge. To hand over a person to the charge of a policeman.
   To have in charge. To have the care of something.
   To take in charge. To “take up” a person given in charge; to take upon oneself the responsibility of something.