• chirchen, cherchen, churchen, kirken

From chirche n. To administer a rite of the church to (sb.), as in baptism, purification of a woman after childbirth, or induction into holy orders. (1440) PParv. Hrl 221 75 Chyrchyn, or puryfyen: Purifico. c1450(c1350) Alex.& D. Bod 264

• collegiat

(gods); (b) chirche, chapel , collegiate church (chapel) [cp. college 1 ]. (1449) Metham AC Gar 141 311 Be the hye prouydens off yow, goddys colegyat, Eyery sygne dysposyd ys be fatal ordynauns. (1446) Doc. in Leach Educ.Chart. 417 v

• al-holi

adj. OE eal-halig , transl. of omnino sanctus . (a) Altogether holy, most holy; (b) al-holi chirche , Holy Church, the Church Universal; feith . ?c1200 Orm. Jun 1 8871 He wass allre shaffte Godd & mann all clene off

• ele, eil, elle, ile, ill, ilde

ile island (perhaps, as OD suggests, because the aisle is detached from the main body of the church). A lateral division of a church on either side of the nave, usually set off by a row of columns; aisle; north

• procuracioun

attorney; (b) a means of bringing something about; medical treatment; a method of cultivation; (c) a travel allowance for a church official. (?a1439) Lydg. FP Bod 263 7.134 This same Herodes bi procuracioun Of Antonye did also occupie..The grete estat

• rate

sayde afore vs, hit was i-actyd. c1460 Oseney Reg. 205/2 We, þat that of the foresaide Bysshope vppon þe foresayde church with the pertinencis whas i-doo, hauyng rate and kyndely or plesyd [L ratum habentes et gratum] the same church..to

• journal, jornal, jurnal(le, jurinalle, gerinal(le, jornenall

daily accounts. (1355-6) Acc.R.Dur. in Sur.Soc.99 121 Ad repar. unius Jurnal. (1370) Will Court Hust. Gldh 2.136 [Rector of the church of Wardon..leaves..his small book called] journal. (1440) PParv. Hrl 221 268 Iurnalle, lytylle boke: Diurnale. (1450) Will York in

• catholik

from Gr. (a) Of the doctrines of the Roman Church: universally accepted or to be so accepted; true (faith); (b) of persons: having the `true' faith; (c) doctour , a Church Father. c1350 MPPsalter Add 17376 p.193 Who so wyl

• chauncel, cha(u)nsel, shansel

cp. L cancelli lattice, railing. (a) The part of the church containing the altar and the choir seats, set off by a railing or screen from the nave; chancel, choir; (b) flor ; window . (c1390) Chaucer CT.Mil. Manly-Rickert A.3656

• communioun, comunioun, cominion

L & OF (a) The fellowship (of the Church); (b) the of seintes , the fellowship of the faithful on earth, in purgatory, and in heaven. (c1390) Chaucer CT.Pars. Manly-Rickert I.312 Contricion..clenseth the soule..and restoreth it..to the compaignye and communyoun

• cor-seint, corsand, corsant, cors seint

(esp. as a relic); (b) a saint, holy person. c1390 NHom.Narrat. Vrn 261/203 Þer [in church] was þis corseynt leid in toumbe. a1400(c1303) Mannyng HS Hrl 1701 8738 Hys ymage ful feyre depeynte, Ryȝt as he were a cors seynt.

• chirche-hau(e, -hei(e, -haghe, -haw~x0021d~e, -hai(e, cherchai, chirchau, churchei

cross. (1450) Acc.Yatton in Som.RS 4 90 Schrydyng of treyes yn church hay j d. (1456) Will Court Hust. Gldh 2.529 Chirchawlane. (a1472) Acc.Bodmin in Camd.n.s.14 11 Yn the Church Hay. a1500 Conq.Irel. Rwl B.490 63/32 Bow-men..wentyn Into church-hay, and

• espirituel, -al

the soul or spirit, spiritual; heavenly; (b) of the Church, ecclesiastical; lordes espirituel(les. (c1390) Chaucer CT.Pars. Manly-Rickert I.560 His [man's] debonaire lif espirituel [vrr. espiritueel, spirituel] that sholde kepen his soule. a1425(?a1400) RRose Htrn 409 650 Wel wende I..Have ben

• galilẹ, galilie, galie, galeie, galoie

CL Galilaea & Galilaeus , from Gr. (a) A small chapel near the entrance of a church; a porch or open gallery; (b) a name for Jesus; (c)?the Milky Way [?error for galaxie ]. (?a1327) RParl. 1.463b Un lu q'il

• deciden, desciden

Kyng..committed to certeyn Lordes of the same Parlement for to examyn and decide. c1460 Oseney Reg. 84/3 In this maner in owr presence, by transaction, to be decidid: that þe church of Eynesham þe forsaide tithis shall holde for Euer.

• encenni(a

festival commemorating the dedication and consecration of a temple or church; specif., the Jewish festival of the dedication of the Temple at Jerusalem. (a1398) Trev. Barth. Add 27944 129b/b Encennya is þe dedicacioun and halewynge of a newe temple..þe Jewis

• enterdit, interdi(c)t

or decree, whereby the people of a nation were excluded from the ministrations of the Church; an interdict. c1325(c1300) Glo.Chron.A Clg A.11 10393 Drede in eche half was vpe þis king Ion Of mansinge & entredit. (a1393) Gower CA Frf

• enterditen, inter-

. Eccl. To place under the ban of the Church: (a) to cut off (a nation or a region) from the public ministrations of the Church; (b) to bar (a church) from the performance of its ecclesiastical functions; (c) to

• parish(e chirche

parish(e chirche n. From parish(e n. & chirche n. (a) The principal or original church of a parish; (b) the members of the parish church. (a1387) Trev. Higd. StJ-C H.1 2.117 Þe bisshopp haþ non persche chirche [Higd.(2) : peresche;

• pontifical

. (a) Of or pertaining to a high church official; (b) belonging to a pope, papal; (c) of the rank or position of the Jewish high priest; (d) dignified, honorable. c1440 Degrev. Thrn 1846 Solemply a cardenalle With a rynge