• puller(e

pulleris [L vellentibus]; my face I turnede not awei fro þe blameres. c1460 Oseney Reg. 38/16 Pluckers awey of them [church lands, rents, etc.], and pullers [L distractores], afore þe sete of þe euerlastyng Jugge to be i-dampned we denunce.

• rọfen, rọved, irọfed

n. To roof (a gable, an aisle of a church, etc.); provide a covering or canopy for (a chariot). c1425(a1420) Lydg. TB Aug A.4 3.328 Of pured gold roued was þe chare. (1431) Grocer Lond. Kingdon 193 With þe Graunt

• ingraffen

d.2 4.33 He..nygh the roote ingraffeth his sarment. (c1449) Pecock Repr. Cmb Kk.4.26 563 He [discussion of ornaments in the church] is ouer greet for to be ingraffid here [in this chapter]. a1400 WBible(1) Dub 75 1 Tim.6.10 Ingraffiden [Dc

• itrimen, ~x0021d~etrimeth, itrimde, ~x0021d~etrimede, itrimed

getrymman (a) To make (loose teeth) firm; strengthen (sb.) in spirit, encourage; (b) ?to confirm (a church) in the right to grant certain indulgences. c1150(OE) Hrl.MQuad. Hrl 6258B 8/8 Wið toþa waȝunga, hortes horn ȝebarned & ȝecnucad þa teþ ȝetrymeð.

• Lateran(e, lateranne

Rome; court ; seint jones de , seint jon (the) , the Church of St. John Lateran. c1325(c1300) Glo.Chron.A Clg A.11 1568,1573 Þis gidie wrecche [Nero]..let hit rere a noble court..& clupede laterane [B : hit court Lateran] after þe

• led

þe mouþe, as children doþ in þe scolez or wiþ a lede nedel. (1448) Instrum.Pax in Antiq.33 212 [At Thame Church, Oxon..five paxes] one latton or led gilt. a1450(1408) Vegetius(1) Dc 291 39b Þey were ysette bifore alle þe scheltruns,

• liberalnesse

lyberalnes and kendnes. (c1454) Pecock Fol. Roy 17.D.9 82/26 Moral vertues as ben meeknesse..chastite, liberalnesse. c1460 Oseney Reg. 114/19 Þe church of Barton..þe which our worschipfull Brother Bisshop of lincoln..with goode and wise liberalnesse hath i-grauntid..to ȝow. a1475 Godstow Reg.

• souden, sudene, soudenes, sodenis, sudenes, southdenes, sout~x0021d~denis, sothdenes, suddenes

sothdenes , suddenes . From OF sosdoiien , souzdaien , sodaien & ME den n.(2). Eccl. A church official ranking immediately below and acting as an assistant to a dean, a subdean [for PPl. quots. cp. den n.(2) 1. (b)].

• sponsaile

betrothal; ?error for ME spousaille n. Marriage, wedlock; also, theol. the union between Christ and the church. c1430 Chaucer CT.Cl. Cmb Gg.4.27 E.115 Bowith ȝoure nekke vndyr þe blysful ȝok Of souereynte..Which þat men clepe sponsayle [Heng: spousaille] or wedlok.

• subden, subdeane

(var. of sosdoiien ) & cp. subdoienne (var. of sousdoyenne ). Eccl. A church official ranking immediately below and acting as an assistant to a dean, a subdean [for 1st quot. cp. den n.(2) 1. (b), for 2nd quot. cp.

• sublimaten, sublimat, isublimate

, p.ppl. of sublimare . (a) To elevate (sb., a church) in status, exalt; (b) alch. to undergo the process of sublimation. c1425 Found.St.Barth. 17/9 This holy chirche..schyneth with manyfolde bewte, Fowndyd and..I-sublymate with many priuylegies of notable men. c1450

• sextri, sextri~x0021d~e, cextri(e, sekestrie

OF secresterie or AL secrestaria , var. of ML sacristaria . (a) A room in a church in which vestments, furnishings, and other possessions are kept, vestry, sacristy; (b) in surname. c1390 Vrn.Mir.Virg. Vrn 140/51 Seþen him-self goþ to þe

• transfiguracioun, transfiguracion

transfiguratio , -ionis . The Transfiguration of Christ; the feste of , the church festival commemorating the Transfiguration, August 6. c1430(a1410) Love Mirror Brsn e.9 149 Of the transfiguracioun of oure lord Jesu in the hille. a1500(?a1400) SLChrist Hrl 2250

• trillen

To quiver, tremble; (b) to rock (a cradle); (c) in name of church window: on (upon) min harpe . c1400(?c1380) Pearl Nero A.10 78 As bornyst syluer þe lef on slydez, Þat þike con trylle on vch a tynde Quen

• triumphant, triumphaunt

(ppl. of trionfer ). Victorious; ?also, intent on victory [last quot.]; chirche , the body of the church in heaven. ?a1425(a1415) Wycl.Lantern Hrl 2324 35/28 Whilis þis lijf duriþ in erþe þis chirche is clepid militaunt..But whanne sche haþ rest

• underprẹst, unnderrpreost

OI undirprestr . A priest subordinate to the bishop in the Christian church; also, a subordinate to a Jewish high priest. ?c1200 Orm. Jun 1 1146 Þe ramm wass offredd forr þe preost forr þe bisscopp wass þe callf Offredd

• unobediencer

practices disobedience to or defies the teachings of the church; also, a member of a religious order who violates his or her vows [1st quot.]. ?a1425 Orch.Syon Hrl 3432 400/10 A wrecchid vnobediencer [vr. inobediencer] dooþ þe contrarie of al

• wel-dọer(e

properly; one who acts or lives according to the moral teachings of the church; (b) one who is beneficent, a benefactor. a1500(a1415) Mirk Fest. GoughETop 4 1/9 Holy chyrch makyth mencyon of two comyngys of Crist forto by mankind out

• canonizing

a saint; (b) official acceptance by the Church. c1400(1389) Wycl.25 Art. Dc 273 456 Ne men owen not for to byleve ne stonde to þo canonysynge of þo seyntes. (1451) Capgr. St.Gilb. Add 36704 111/32 He inqwyred what he schuld

• catholicon

an electuary or salve for general use. (1374-5) Will Court Hust. Gldh 2.169 [To St. Paul's Church he leaves his book called] Catholicon. (c1456) Pecock Faith Trin-C B.14.45 286 Loke also alle men, whether the book of Januense in gramer..is