• annuncion

The Annunciation, a church festival. (1430) Proc.Privy C. 4.21 About þe begynnyng of Averill..fro þannuncion of þe moneth of Marche. 1558(a1449) Lydg. Image OL Add 29729 19 At certayn festes..Firste of our lady the Assumpcion; Annuncion also it is ther-in

• frẹ-masonri

or occupation of a master mason. 1435 in Speth Freemasonry 4 [OD col.] [In 1435 John Wode, masoun, contracted to build the tower of the Abbey Church of St. Edmundsbury] in all mannere of thinges that longe to free masonry.

• dotacioun

(1450) RParl. 5.189b The Cathedrall Church of Seint Chedde of Lichefeld..which is of the fundation and dotation of oure noble Progenitours. (a1464) Capgr. Chron. Cmb Gg.4.12 241 He had venemously berkid for dotacion of the Church. (a1464) Capgr. Chron. Cmb

• overleie, averlai

A stone slab placed on top of a grave or tomb within a church. (1456) Will Masey in LCRS 30 12 Also I bewhethe xx marks to bye an averlay of marbul to lye in the said chappell aver my

• pensiọnari

pensionarius Of a church: burdened with the obligation to pay a pension. a1475 Godstow Reg. Rwl B.408 587/28 The parissh chirch of lamyete..was pensionary in one mark of sterlyngis to be paid and dew euery yere to the abbesse and

• provendrie, proviandri

of a member of the chapter of a cathedral or collegiate church, a prebend; also, one who holds a prebend, a prebendary. a1425 Medulla Stnh A.1.10 51b/a Prebenda: a prouendrye. ?c1475 Cath.Angl. Add 15562 99b A Prouiandry: Prebenda, prebendarius qui

• mablin, mabilin

mablin n. Also mabilin . Origin obscure. ?Some kind of vessel used in a church. (c1438) Will York in Sur.Soc.45 95 De ij maglynnes, vj d. (a1447) Invent.Monk-Wear. in Sur.Soc.29 241 He..raufe fra yaim a siluerd mabilyn.

• misentreting

Grete inconvenientes and injuries have be shewed and doon..in arestyng and misentretyng, ayenst the lawes of God and libertees of the Church, the Dean, Chanons, Vicaries. (1451) RParl. 5.222a Inconvenientes doon..in arestyng and mysentretyng the Ministers of the seid Chirch.

• hostiari

hostiari n. L ostiarius Doorkeeper, ostiary, the lowest of the minor orders in the Church. ?a1475(?a1425) Higd.(2) Hrl 2261 5.97 Gayus the pope..ordeynede diverse degres of ordres in þe churche, as hostiary [L ostiarium], reder, benette, accolette, and oþer.

• sacristie

ML sacristia . The repository in a church in which sacred vessels, relics, vestments, etc. are kept. c1450 Capgr. Rome Bod 423 148 Ther sei we in þe sacristie a fayr uernycle whech seynt petir ded make..and kept it al

• intronizaciọn

Eccl. Investiture with the authority of an abbot. c1460 Oseney Reg. 119/7 Þe prelate of þe church of Osney..all the prelates succedyng to hym..with-in xl dayes fro þere intronizacion, to come they ofte to make ffewte vppon the forsaide thynges.

• jerarchien

. To organize (the church) hierarchically. (c1456) Pecock Faith Trin-C B.14.45 193 In hevene bitwixe aungels is manye foold ordre of overte and netherte, and obedience of the netherers to the overers, and so Crist wold that his chirche schulde

• spritualtẹ

spritualtẹ n. From spritual adj. The jurisdiction of the church. a1450 3 KCol.(1) Roy 18.A.10 115/23 Þei chose a man among hem þe which schulde be cheef tofore all oþer men in spritualte in seynt Thomas steyde.

• trisil

trisiles , -is a three-footed vessel. A wax light hung before the rood loft and perh. in other parts of a church. (1458) Will in Gibbons ELin.Wills 190 Lego ad lumen vocatum Trisill pendens coram ymagine crucifixi ij libras cere.

• vesterer, westerer

westerer . From vesteri (var. of vestri n.) or ML vestararius , vesterarius . The keeper of a church vestry. (a1500) Invent.Westm. in Archaeol.52 213 The westerer shall lay the abbotes cope lowest opon the awter wtin the sayd westre.

• chauncelẹr, chanseler

chauncel . The screen between the chancel and nave of a church; dor . (a1472) Acc.Bodmin in Camd.n.s.14 12 The jambys of the chanseler dor. (a1472) Acc.Bodmin in Camd.n.s.14 13 The peloris Betwene the chanseler and seynt John is Ilde.

• chirch(e-man, cherche-, church(e-, kirk(e-

14 Nicholas Hale and Steven Rotherford, churchemen of the Parish Church of Seint Edmunde. (1475) Acc.St.Edm.Sarum 18 Receyts y recevid by..John Rassell and Rob't Parche churchemen of the parysh Church of Seint Edmund the Confessor. (1229) Pat.R.Hen.III 284 Stephanum filium

• coproctour

. Fellow proctor (of a church). (1447) Acc.St.Mary Thame in BBOAJ 11 55 An Inventory of all the bookes, vestimentes & other thinges belongyng to the Chyrche & Paryshe of Thame, made by John Manytorn & Thomas Buns & others,

• coronatour

iiii coronatoris mistranslates L ecclesia quatuor coronatorum , Church of the Four Crowned (Martyrs). c1450 Capgr. Rome Bod 423 126 Þe stacion at a cherch of iiii coronatoris. c1450 Capgr. Rome Bod 423 127 These foure coronatoures were grauouris of

• cotarie

cotarie n. ML cotarius A cotter, cottager. a1307(1284) Cust.Battle Abbey in Camd.n.s.41 62 Isti subscripti dicuntur Cottarii, et tenent dimidiam virgatam. c1460 Oseney Reg. 15/22 I..ȝefe..to þe same church..the londe of oo cotarye [L cotarii].