• sentencialli

restore and reduce to þe state and possession to take þe Saide v s. of þe personys of þe saide church. a1475 Godstow Reg. Rwl B.408 48/14 By the autorite of our holy fadur the pope we assoyle & lowse,

• bel(le-hous

tower; the steeple or belfry of a church; (b) in personal names. c1300 SLeg. LdMisc 108 71/32 Seint wolston..liet a-rere A belhous of swiþe strong weork, bellen to hanguy þere. a1425 Medulla Stnh A.1.10 11b/a Campanile: a bel hose. a1425

• shriding(e, strudend

Flouris apperiden in oure lond, the tyme of schridyng [WB(1) : kutting] is comun. (1440) PParv. Hrl 221 242 Hooke to hewe wode or schrydynge: Sirculus. (1450) Acc.Yatton in Som.RS 4 90 Schrydyng of treyes yn church hay, j d.

• verger, virger, veriour

office signified by the bearing of a rod, a vergership; the post or position of doorkeeper, usher, etc. in a church; (c) as surname. c1475 Gregory's Chron. Eg 1995 231 Docter Ive radde many fulle nobylle lessonnys aftyr the forme

• vouson, voweson, vourson(e, foweson, wouson

Deuen with þe voursone of þe chirche, And my part of þe maner of Thorncoffyn with þe vourson of þe church. (1464) RParl. 5.520b Provided that this Acte extend not nother be prejudiciall to Maister John Peresone to any Grauntes

• warantizing(e

to guarantee title. c1460 Oseney Reg. 53/14,16 I, vmfrey, and my heyres all þe forsaide thynges to þe forsaide church shall warantize agaynste all men and women, that, if, for Defaute of my warantyzing or my heyres whe shall satisfye

• celen, selen, silen

wythe syllure: Celo. (1440) PParv. Hrl 221 452 Selyn. (c1470) Cart.Tropenell in BGAS 23 204 The ile of the which [church] the said William Ludlow hathe late new siled and paynted and sette with scochyns of armes of hymself, his

• chẹsere, cheoser

(a) An elector of officers of the Church or a guild; (b) one who chooses or undertakes to do something; (c) one who is discriminating, a connoisseur. (a1387) Trev. Higd. StJ-C H.1 5.309 Þe kyng demede þat he þat was

• chirche-dore, -dọre, -dure, churche-, cherche-, kirk(e-, kurk-

cp. OE duru . (a) The main door or portal of a church; (b) the church door or porch as a place for performing certain rites of the church, doing penance, posting notices, abandoning infants, etc. c1300 SLeg.Becket LdMisc 108

• chirche-wardein, chirche-wordein

elected by the parishioners to have charge of the furnishings of the church, etc., and to keep accounts; deacon [see H. E. Salter Med.Oxford 124]. (1443) Acc.St.Mary Thame in BBOAJ 8 24 Joh Manyturne & Tomas Bonsce schyrsche wordeynys. (1446)

• clenli, -lich(e

honest; (c) well-formed, shapely. (1340) Ayenb. Arun 57 216/22 He zayþ þet hi [women at church] ssolle habbe clenliche [Vices & V.(2) : honest] cloþinge wyþ-oute to moche. (c1475) Ordin.Househ.Edw.IV Hrl 642 37 To oversee..all maner of stuffe of vytayle..with

• clẹrestorie, clari-, cler-, cleo-

n.; also cp. OF estore , ppl. of estorer build. The clerestory of a church; also, a series of windows in the upper part of a cloister wall. (1412) Indent.Church Catterick 10 The forsaide Richarde sall make the pilers with

• conventual, -el

67/33 He edyfied in his lyue þirtene conuentual cherchis with all oþir houses pertinent. c1460 Oseney Reg. 88/23 Þe conuentuall church of Seynte ffrideswith. (1461) RParl. 5.92a Persones Spirituell, Conventuell, or otherwise Corporat. a1475 Godstow Reg. Rwl B.408 184/13 Confermed

• peu(e, peu(e)s, puwes, puis

, `balcony, balustrade, parapet, etc.' A bench-like wooden seat, frequently enclosed, for worshipers in a church; ?also, a prie-dieu [quot.: (1406)]. c1400(?a1387) PPl.C Hnt HM 137 7.144 Among wyues and wodewes ich am ywoned sitte Yparroked in puwes. (1406) Wardrobe

• lai-fẹ

þe lay fee. c1460 Oseney Reg. 45/6 I..haue i-grauntid..to þe church..in-to free and perpetuell almys all þe possessions of þe church and layfee þe which þey haue of þe ȝiftes of myne aunceturs. ?a1425(a1400) Brut-1377 Corp-C 174 331/11 The King

• cathedral, cathederal, chathidral

a diocese or a bishop; chirche , the principal church of a diocese, a cathedral; se , episcopal see. c1325(c1300) Glo.Chron.A Clg A.11 5715 Þe king him made bissop þer..Atte heye chirche of winchestre þere is se was ydo, Þat

• conferminge

of rome, þouȝ he be anticrist. c1460 Oseney Reg. 120/14 I haue i-grauntid also and confermed..to þe saide church and chanons the church of more Barton..with all possessions and fredoms the which they haue of ȝiftes and confermynges of myne

• porche, porch, pourch

of the entrance to a building, porch; (b) celing , ?the ceiling of a church porch; dore , the door of the entrance structure of a church; chirche [see chirche 9. (e)]. c1300 SLeg. LdMisc 108 381/158 Þe halle ichulle

• Holi Chirche

the Church triumphant; doughter of , a pious woman, a Christian woman; (b) the institution or authority of the Catholic Church; man of , a clergyman; folk of , the clergy; (c) the personification of the Church; also, the Church

• chirche, cirice, chireche, cher(e)che, chur(e)che, chorche, chirge, cherge, kirk(e, chirchen, -es, cherchen, -es, churchen, -es

a church service or ceremony, in church for worship; at and cheping , at church and in the market; (b) gon (comen) to , go to church to hear mass or to pray, attend church; usen , attend church. a1225