• sextein(e, sextain, sexstein, cextein(e, sexteiene, sexten(e, sexsten, sekestein, segestaine, sextin, sexstain, sekestain, saxton

sextanus , prob. reduced form of ML secrestanus , segrestanus , vars. of sacristanus . (a) An officer of a church or religious house who cares for the buildings, ornaments, vestments, etc., and who attends to bell-ringing, burials, etc., a

• verdure, verdur, verdour(e, verder, verde, veder

quot.]; (c) ?freshness, pleasing sharpness, etc. of taste or odor; (d) ?an embroidered altar cloth, hanging, or tapestry for a church. 1447 Bokenham Sts. Arun 327 92 Galfridus anglicus Enbelshyd wyth colours of rethoryk So plenteuously that fully it lyk

• vestiari(e, westiare

& L vestiarium . (a) The vestry of a church; also, a room or building for the storage of clothes [quots. c1450 & perh. 1447-8, 2nd]; (b) the office of the royal household responsible for the royal chapel and vestry;

• boteras(se, botras(se, buteras, butres, boteraces, butterases, -essez, botraas, botras(se, butras

of ymagery. a1500(1396) Indent.Francisc. in RS 4.1 Vit F.12 521 The boteras beyng atte the Sowth dore of the sayd Church. a1450-a1500(1436) Libel EP Warner 701 Take hede To kepen Yrelond..For it is a boterasse and a poste Undre England,

• claper, clapper, clap(o)ur, cleper, clipper, klapur, calper

clapere. (a) The lid or clapper of a beggar's clapdish; (b) a clapper or rattle (used to summon people to church on the last three days of Holy Week when the bells were not rung); (c) the clapper of a

• commemoracioun

For a perpetuall commemoracyoun. a1500(?c1425) Spec.Sacer. Add 36791 111/37 In commemoracion of syche a gret myracle. (a) A service or church festival commemorating (a sacred event, a saint, etc.); also, a text read on such an occasion; (b) a commemorative

• conventicle, conventicule

or secret meeting (as of malcontents, Lollards, etc.); (c) used disparagingly of a religious house or a church. (a1382) WBible(1) Dc 369(1) Ps.15.4 I shal not gadere togidere the conuenticulis [L conventicula] of hem of blodis. ?a1475(?a1425) Higd.(2) Hrl 2261

• procutour, procutur, -tor, -teur, -ter, procatour, -tur, prokator, proketour, procketur, proctour, -tur, -ter, prouctour

deputy; a legal representative or agent, attorney; also, a legal representative of the crown; (b) an agent of Christ, the Church Fathers, etc.; an agent of the Devil or Antichrist; (c) one who intercedes for another. c1405 Chaucer CT.Fri. Heng

• soler(e, solar(e, solier, solir, solure, sole

garret; heigh ; flor , the floor of an upper apartment or story; (b) an upper chamber in a church or church steeple; also, a gallery or balcony; nethere , the lower of two upper chambers in a steeple; also,

• stẹpel, stepil(le, stepile, stepul(le, steple, stepele, steppul, stepple, stipel, stipil(e, stippil, stiple, stupel(e, steputt, stepeles, tepells

in þe strete ligges. (a) The tower of a church, building, etc.; a bell tower; (b) the representation of a church steeple; (c) dore , the door that leads to the church steeple; top , the tip of the steeple;

• sinagog(e, sinagogue, -goga, -gogge, sinnagog, sinagod

quots. may belong in sense 2. (a)]; (b) a pagan temple; (c) fig. an abusive term for the church or a church building. c1300 SLeg. LdMisc 108 191/59 Powel..wende a-non riȝt þanne Into þe giwene synagogue and prechede cristindom. a1325(c1280)

• worshipfulli, worschipfuli, worschipfoli, worchepfoli, worchepefulleke, wirchiphuly, worchifuliche

I wylle þat þe forsayde church and chanons haue and holde, well and in peece, frely and worschipfully, and hoolely, [etc.]. c1460 Oseney Reg. 16/18 Wherefore I wille and ordeyne þat nowe þe saide church alle þe forsaide possessions and

• college, collegge, colege, col(l)age, colleges, collegies

of ecclesiastics supported by an endowment; also, the establishment or quarters of such a body; (b) chirche , a collegiate church. (a1387) Trev. Higd. StJ-C H.1 7.93 At Bathe..he gedered..monkes, which drew corrupcioun, as it is wont to be done

• minster, minstre, minister, ministre, mitere, menstre, munster, mun(e)stre

bok , a book used in church; (b) dor (gate) , the door or gate of a church; also, the door of a temple; garth , churchyard; eles , the aisles of a church; (c) kin , monastics; lif ,

• feste

commemorative religious celebration; a church holy day or anniversary other than a fast, a church festival; holden, kepen, maken , observe a church festival; halwen, worshipen , celebrate a festival; (b) the date of a church festival (on which rents

• seintuari(e, seint(e)wari(e, seintiwarie, seintwar(e, seinteri, sceintwarie, saintuari(e, -ua(i)re, -ewoari, -war(i)e, sentuari(e, centuari, santuar(i)e, santewari, sanctuari(e, sanctewari, saunctuarie, sensuary, senewarie, sayntenarius, scunari, seintuaries, saintuarise

to þe seyntuaries. In Christian uses: (a) the church in general; the entire community of Christians; also, fig. the order of priests [quots.: c1390, a1425]; (b) a building for Christian worship, a church; -- often with its inviolate nature implied;

• founden, funden, fonden, foundede, founde, i-)founded, i-)founde(n

vrye. c1540(?a1400) Destr.Troy Htrn 388 11662 Here foundit he first the faire place Ylion. (a) To establish or endow (a church, a college, a monastery, etc.), to found; founded , provided for, endowed; (b) to organize (a guild or fraternity);

• pavement, paviment, pavment(e, paiv(e)ment, pauvement, paument(e, pament(e, paiment(e, pavient

about, roam the streets; (c) chirche , the paved floor of a church; tile , tiles used in paving; (d) in the names of streets, roads, and a church [see Smith PNElem. 2.60]; the heigh , the high street or

• Pẹter, petir, petur, petre, peiter

petres eve ; (c) petres barge, ship of , seint ship , the Church of Rome; (d) in exclamations; (e) in proverbs; (f) petres , St. Peter's Church in Rome; (g) a fisherman. a1121 Peterb.Chron. LdMisc 636 an.1066 Se cyng

• stablenes(se

in stabilnes of vertus, or in crist, he heghid me. a1500(?c1425) Spec.Sacer. Add 36791 33/11 The stabilnesse of it [the church] is so myche that devillis..shall noȝt preuayle aȝeyn hure. c1350 MPPsalter Add 17376 103.6 Þou art greteliche heried..Þat foundest