• tavern(e, taverin, taveron, tavarn(e, tawern(e, tavarde, tavern(e)s, thevernys

event or festival at which ale is sold for the benefit of a parish, a church ale [cp. ale n. 3. ]; ale , ?a church ale held in a tavern; ?the ale used at such a festival. (1446) Acc.Yatton

• temporal, temporelle

matters or concerns; (c) eccl. the list of Biblical passages to be recited during mass for the seasons of the church year. a1425(a1400) Paul.Epist. Corp-C 32 2 Cor.6.10 We..alle thynges han in poscessioun, not only gostly thyngys but temporeles. c1475(?a1430)

• tenthen, tend(e(n, teind

num. To give one-tenth of one's goods or income to a church, cleric, etc., tithe; also, give one-tenth of (one's goods); ?also, exact one-tenth of (sth.) [quot. ?c1475]. c1400(1375) Canticum Creat. Trin-O 57 130/490 Þerfore wel to tenden buþ lef,

• sanctificacioun, seintificacionne

day to take þe Holy Gost to oure sanctificacion and be his temple. a1500(?c1425) Spec.Sacer. Add 36791 163/25 This place [church] is hous of prayinge, hous of sanctificacion. a1500(?a1450) GRom. Hrl 7333 172 Þe vessell, that god yaf to worche

• scala celi, schalla celi, scala celei, scalaceh

. L (a) The plant Polygonatum multiflorum; (b) the name of a church outside Rome. a1500 Sln.Herb List Sln 1201 75 Herbys necessary for a gardyn..Philipendula..Sede-wale, Scalaceh [read: Scalaceli], Smalache..Stycadose. a1500 Sln.Herb List Sln 1201 76 Herbes fo[r] Savour and

• sequence, sequens

often original Latin text and sung or chanted at various points during the liturgy and at certain times in the church year; of seinte osmunde , ?a sequence for the feast of St. Osmund, December 4; (b) a sequencer, book

• shilling-worth, sillingworth, silin-

Merchandise, xii d. c1450 Trin-C.LEDict. Trin-C O.5.4 612/37 Solidatus: a shyllyngworth. c1460 Oseney Reg. 94/13 I, Henry Doylly, ȝafe..to þe church of Seynte marye of Oseney..a hundred shelyngworth of Rente ȝerely. c1460 Oseney Reg. 168/18 Hugh had i-made to hym

• beneficen

benefice, promote (sb.) to an office or a position in the Church; (b) to further the interests of (sb.), benefit. (1395) Wycl.37 Concl. Tit D.1 153 Seculer lordis..holden greete benefisid men in here courtis..and withdrawen hem vntruli fro here gostli

• unbroken, unbrokon, unbroke

þat was be-tuix þam spoken. c1460 Oseney Reg. 14/3 We make sure ordeynyng þat all maner possessions nowe this same church by the offryng of true men ryȝghtfully and lawfully hath, vndewyd to þem and to þere successours sure and

• bishophod, -had, -hede

tenure of a bishop or of a still higher, dignitary of the Christian Church; episcopacy. (c1384) WBible(1) Prol.1 Tim.(1) Dc 369(2) 4.453 Tymothe the apostle..techith of the ordynaunce of byschophood [WB(2) : bischops office] and of the dekenehood. c1390(?c1350) SVrn.Leg.

• bisọkne, bisọcnen

. (a) An entreaty or request; (b) chirche-bisocnie , attendance at church. c1225(?c1200) SWard Bod 34 32/299 Hwam se heo bisecheð fore is sikerliche iborhen, for aȝein hare bisocnen godd him seolf ariseð þet alle þe oðre halhen sittende ihereð.

• unhalwed, unhalued, unhalewed, unhalowed, unhalwedid

halwed , halewed , halowed , p.ppl. of halwen v. (a) Of a church, place, an object, etc.: unconsecrated; of food: not blessed or sanctified; (b) of a consecrated altar: profaned, desecrated. c1325(c1300) Glo.Chron.A Clg A.11 7156 Vor þe chirche

• vestri, vestrie, vestrẹ, vesteri, westrẹ, vestarie, vestrary

Prob. from AF vest(e)rie (cp. AF revestrie ), alteration of OF vestiarie . (a) The vestry of a church; dore ; girdel , a belt used to tuck in a monastic habit so that it would not show when celebrating

• vicari(e, wicari

vicar. The office or position of a parish vicar or a choral vicar in a collegiate church; the benefice held by a parish vicar. (a1432) Let. in Burton Hemingbrough 383 Sir John Rocliff, ye fifte vicare, has forsakyne his vicary

• warantien, waranti(e, warauntie, warraunti

sth.), shield; also, save (sb. from hell). a1300 Hwile wes seynte Jes-O 29 9 Bidde we crist þat hire [the church] warantye For his moder luue, seynte Marie. ?a1300 Sayings St.Bede Dgb 86 162 Bemen hy shulen Depe in helle

• warde-wite, wardwite, wardwhite, warwite

failing to pay such a rent or to provide a guard for the service. (1227) Chart.R.PRO 1.6 [Grant to the church of St. Mary, Coventre, and the prior and monks thereof of all their lands and holdings with] soc and

• wẹved, wevede, wefed(e, wieved, wiefde, wefd(e, wefod, weoved(e, weovet, weofed(e, weofod(e, weofd(e, waefde, weve-, wufede-, wafe-, wened, wevedes, wenedes

wig-bed . Eccl. (a) An altar in a Christian church on which the sacrifice of the Mass is offered; on heigh, cristes (heigh) , the main altar in a cathedral, church, or chapel at which the Eucharist is celebrated, the

• witheren, wither, wi~x00f0~erin, wi~x00f0~erien, wi~x00fe~~x00fe~renn

wiþrian . To resist, struggle; struggle (against God, oneself, etc.), resist; also, act in opposition (against God, the church, etc.) [quots. a1225(?a1200)]; also, with adverbs: ayen (with) . a1150(OE) Vsp.D.Hom. Vsp D.14 75/13 For þy synd þa gesibbsume Godes bearn,

• bond(e-womman

woman: Servus nativus, serva nativa. c1460 Oseney Reg. 110/26 I haue i-ȝeve and igrauntid to god and to þe forsaide church anneys, my natife or bonde-woman, the which was the wife of Odo, with Raph the soone of the same

• celing, sel-, syl-, schyl-

le selyng infra paucos dies deparatur. (1474-5) Acc.St.Edm.Sarum 19 In the makyng of j scaffold in the body of the Church for the reparacion of the broken selyng there. A cover or hanging (for a bed). a1500 Hrl.1002 Gloss. Hrl