• patrimoine, -moigne, -moni(e, patremoine, patermoigne

(b) the endowments and properties belonging to the Church; also, the spiritual legacy of Christ to the Church; of crist (jesu crist), cristes , of peter , the property of the Church. (1357) Gaytr. LFCatech. Yk-Borth R.I.11 56/251 We have

• scisme, sisme, cisme, cissime

in the church producing two or more parties, each rejecting the other's authority, a schism, esp. one resulting from rival claimants to the papacy; also, a split within a religious order; also person. ; (b) dissension within the church; souere

• feri(e

days]; (b) an ordinary day (as distinct from a religious festival); (c) heigh , holi , a holy day, a church festival falling on a weekday. (a1387) Trev. Higd. StJ-C H.1 7.81 Odilio, þe abbot of Cluniacensis..ordeyned þat þe next

• creme, creime, creimie, craime, creame

cresme (a) A mixture of oil and balsam consecrated for use by the Church, chrism; holi ; (b)?consecrated oil used at baptism; (c) ointment used by the Hebrews for religious anointings. c1350(a1333) Shoreham Poems Add 17376 15/396,405,415 Ich signi þe

• alei(e, alay, alley, alle, aly, alie

& OF alee . (a) A corridor or hallway; a covered walk; (b) an aisle (of a temple or church); (c) a balustrade. (1363-4) in Hope Windsor C. 1.208 Pro celura cujusdam capella, le Bathous, et unius Aley. (c1384) WBible(1)

• monasteri(e, monastari, monesteri(e, monsterie, monaster(e, monastre, monestre

or nuns, abbey, convent; of virgins, monasteries of nonnes, cenobies and monasteries ; [sometimes indistinguishable from sense (b)]; (b) a church, a cathedral. c1400 Liber de Hyda in RS 45 134 Aftyr hys day go hyt in to the olde

• ordeinour, ordeiner, ordainer, ordenour, ordener, ordiner

ordiners þat þei [acts of the church] so a bide and contynue. (c1449) Pecock Repr. Cmb Kk.4.26 459 Thilk makers and ordyners hadden bifore knowe that the Apostlis consentiden it [ordinance of the church] in tyme aftir to be mad

• pulpit, pulpite, pulpitte, pulpet(te, pulput, polepit, pollepit, pilpit, pilput

pilpit , pilput . OF pulpite & L pulpitum . (a) A pulpit in a church; also, a movable pulpit [quot.: (c1450)]; also, a pulpit in Moses' house [quot.: Lydg.Pilgr. ]; ware , written materials used in preaching; in manere

• involven, envolven, envoulven

cloud (writing with obscurities), envelop (sb., the soul, in darkness, vice, etc.); encumber (sb. with care, adverse fortune, church censure); surround (sb. with goods); refl. concern oneself (with a legal case); (b) to turn (sth.) over (in the mind), ponder

• seisinen, seisine, seisonne, sesen, sesin(e, season, cesun, cesone, seyin, sesoned, sesonde

be condempnyd betake hym to the Iugys. (a) To put (sb.) in legal or actual possession (of land, goods, a church, etc.), confer possession in freehold on; in (with) ; (b) ?to give seizin; in-to thin honde , confer possession

• serving(e, servand, survinge, sourwing, serevunge

God; the quer , performing the duties associated with the choir of a church; parishe , the obligation of parishioners to attend and support the local parish church; (b) feudal allegiance, homage; (c) the manner of serving at table; bord

• canonizen, can(n)onisen, y)canonized, cananist

To establish (sth.) by official action of the Church, grant ecclesiastical approval to; laue canonized , canon law; (b) to accept (sth.) as valid or true by official act of the Church; epistel canonized , one of the Catholic Epistles.

• exempcioun

a special provision of a law or statute; esp., the exemption from Civil Law enjoyed by the Church; (b) exemption from monastic rules; (c) poet. freedom (of action). (?a1439) Lydg. FP Bod 263 3.451 Thi sect off pouert hath a

• anniversarie, annversary

soule of Dame Mary, my modir. (1463) Doc. in Nicholl Ironmongers 527 [An] obite and anniversary for his sowle, with placebo and dirige, and masse and requiem..in the parisshe church. a1500 Rule Minoresses Bod 585 106/17 In massis for anniuersariis.

• apocrif, -a, -um

Gr. Of unknown authorship or doubtful authenticity, or so regarded by the Church; not authentic, apocryphal; an apocryphon. (a1387) Trev. Higd. StJ-C H.1 5.105 Þe writynge is Apocripha whanne þe auctor þerof is unknowe. c1400 St.Anne(1) Min-U Z.822.N.81 3428 It

• dispendour, despendour, -er

lord, a steward or treasurer; also, one who has power to distribute legacies; (b) eccl. administrator or steward of the Church. (1214) CRR(2) 7 66 Henricus le Despendur. (1340) Ayenb. Arun 57 190/23 Ion þe amoner..hedde greate reuþe þerof, and

• enterditing

Ban of the Church; suspension of public ecclesiastical ministrations throughout a nation: general enterditing ; (b) deprivation of ecclesiastical functions and privileges; (c) expulsion from the society of Christians, excommunication. (1395) Wycl.37 Concl. Tit D.1 81 The thridde tyme he

• avou(e)son, advouson, afouson, avow(ei)soun

to determine who shall have a vacant benefice; the right of presentation to a church, hospital, prebend, etc.; right of . c1300 SLeg.Becket LdMisc 108 575 ȝif bitwene tweie lewede men were ani striuingue..for Avouweson [Hrl: avoweisoun] of churche, ȝweþur

• parvis(e, parvice, pervice, pavis, paris

, var. of paradis . (a) An enclosure, portico, or porch in front of a church, esp. St. Paul's, where lawyers met, and Notre Dame, where books were sold; (b) a conference, litigation. (c1387-95) Chaucer CT.Prol. Manly-Rickert A.310 A sergeant

• poun(e, paun, pon, peune

povne, which that stood On hir ryght hand, was callyd youthe. c1450 Pilgr.LM Cmb Ff.5.30 140 To destroye it [the church] eche wight setteth too the hond, bothe rook and pown [F paonnet]. a1475 Chess(1) Porter 605 Sey chec with