• conversioun

rev.(c1385) Usk TL Thynne:Skeat 26/45 To rehersen their conuersion from badde in-to good. the conversioun of Seint Poule , the church festival celebrating the conversion of St. Paul [January 24]. (c1384) WBible(1) TL F&M 691 Januer..Conuersioun of Seynt Poul. 1389

• principal, prinsipal, principle, principille, prencipal

main sum of money; (b) the best of one's possessions bequeathed to one's heirs; (c) a funeral offering to the church, mortuary payment. (1430-31) RParl. 4.372b If the saide William appere atte that day, that thenne the saide Chaunceller have

• marchaunt, marcha(u)nd, mercha(u)nt, mercha(u)nd, machaunt, marka(u)nt, -a(u)nd, marshaunt, -and, mercand, marchauntes, marcha(u)ns, marchons, merchauns

marchaunt n. Also marcha(u)nd , mercha(u)nt , mercha(u)nd , (?error) machaunt & (in surnames only) marka(u)nt , -a(u)nd , marshaunt , -and , mercand ; pl. marchauntes , etc. & marcha(u)ns , marchons , merchauns . OF marcheant ,

• appropren, appropri

be the property of; (b) to acquire the right to the endowment and income of (a parish church); chirch appropred , a church so annexed by a religious house or lord; (c) to arrogate (a right or privilege to oneself).

• heresi(e, eresi(e, h)erisi(e, erresie, errisi, ersie, erresẹ, er(r)ise

h)eresie & L haeresis . (a) Heresy; opposition to the tenets of Christianity or the doctrines of the Church, the fact of being heretical or a heretic; heretical beliefs in general; (b) a specific heresy, a particular belief or opinion

• overcasten, overkesten, -keasten, overcast(e, overkast, -kest(e, -keist, overcast(e, -casten

(c) to overspread (sth. with clouds or darkness); of clouds, darkness, a storm: cover (sb. or sth.); fig. overshadow (the Church), darken (the heart); -- also without obj.; (d) to become overcast, be darkened; (e) of the heart: to become

• receivour, receivoure, -or, -ur, -er(e, recevour, -er(e, -ur, reseivour, -or, -er, resaiver(e, resaver, resceivour(e, -er, resseivour, -or, -ere, ressaivour, ressevour, ressaver, recesyvour, recesceiere

manorial officer appointed to collect or receive money due, rents, etc.; also, a similar officer in a religious community or church; general , a manorial officer placed over the collectors of rents, etc.; (c) a collector of tolls at a

• laueful, lafful, la~x00fe~fol

forms, cp. laue n. (a) Permitted by law, lawful, legal; (b) permitted by divine law or church law, moral; (c) rightful, honorable; (d) law; seiing , a judge. (a1398) Trev. Barth. Add 27944 283a/b It was nought laweful [L non

• sustentacioun, sustentacione, -con(e, -tion, substentacion

(a) The maintenance or continuance of an institution, a practice, etc.; the maintenance of a lamp, candle, etc. in a church; the continued provisioning of a convent kitchen; also, monetary support [quot. 1464-5]; (b) the maintenance or preservation of a

• translacioun, translacioune, translacion(e, translation, transulacion, transacyoun

translacion whas i-maade betwene our church and þem afore Jugges Delegate. a1475 Godstow Reg. Rwl B.408 230/14 Þei gafe & grauntyd to hem all the ryht that they haddyn in þat same churche to the church of seynt Iohn baptiste

• vexen, vex(e, wex(e, vexed, vexit, vexude, vexed(e, vexit, vexiid, vixid, fexst

refl.; ppl. vexede , tired; (b) to bother (sb.), annoy; subject (sb.) to hardship; (c) law. to harass (sb., a church) through legal action; bring a legal suit concerning (someone's property or title). ?a1425 Orch.Syon Hrl 3432 118/4 Whi wiltow

• canoun, canon, kanun, chano(u)n, chanoine, chanun, schano(u)n

& CF chanoine . (a) A clergyman living under canon rule; also, a clergyman serving in a church or cathedral but not living under a rule; a canon; (b) a surname. c1275(?a1200) Lay. Brut Clg A.9 21861 Canones þer comen.

• chapitre, chapiter, -ir, -or, -ur, chapetre, chaptre, -ter, capitre, -ter

takyng goostly graces or ordres þat þei geyt þer of superfleu riches. Eccl. (a) An assembly of dignitaries of the Church, as of a religious order, a cathedral, etc., acting as an administrative or legislative body; also, an assembly of

• wardein, wardeine, wardain(e, warden, wardan(e, wardin, werdein, whardein, wadeynes, wardein(e)s, wardeinesse, wardence, wordeinis

young wife, etc.; also, fig. a restraint, hindrance [quot. c1395]; (e) a custodian or caretaker of a church building, part of a church, etc.; (f) one who has custody of an arrested, captured, or confined person; a jailer, prison guard;

• Cristendọm, -dam, -don, Cristendham

from participation in Christian rites; (c) Christianity as a formal or organized religion; the Church; ?also, a church [first quot.]; of Engelond , the English Church. a1121 Peterb.Chron. LdMisc 636 an.656 Eoppa preost, þe seo kyning Wulhfere seonde to bodian

• ministre, minister, ministour, minstre, minster, minester, ministres, minstirsse, ministresse, minists

apte to this entent But he sobre be, wise, & diligent. (a) A man consecrated to service in the Christian Church; an ecclesiastic of any rank; a priest, a cleric; of holi chirche, of the chirche, of crist, godes ,

• halwen, halwin, haluin, halwi, halwei, halewen, halewi, halowen, halow, halou, halu, hawlowe, helewe, helewien, halghen, halighen, halgen, halgian, halgh, algen, aligen, hal~x0021d~hen, hal~x0021d~en, hal~x0021d~ien, hali~x0021d~en, hal~x0021d~i, halhen, holli, halwede, haloede, haloyde, olloved, hale~x0021d~ed, hael~x0021d~ede, halihed, halechede, halied, halewode, halgode, hal~x0021d~ode, halwed, hallowid, holowid, holoede, halughd, haglud, halgod

name Wyth gret nobulle. (a) To consecrate ritually (a church, a place, an object, etc.), bless; (b) to consecrate (the eucharistic elements); (c) in (to) a name , to consecrate (a church or image) with the name of a saint

• herberwe, -berw, -berewe, -berow(e, -beorwe, hereberwe, heberwe, herbergh(e, -ber~x0021d~he, -berough, -berhe, -berwh, -berw~x0021d~, -beruh, -berge, -ber~x0021d~(e, -berow~x0021d~e, hereber~x0021d~e, haerber~x0021d~e, herberi(e, -beria, herber, erber, harber, herborw(e, -boru, -borewe, -borow(e, -boruwe, -brow, hereborewe, erbourwe, harborow(e, -burrow, -brow, herborough, -borogh(e, -borugh, -borgh, -burgh(e, -borowh, -borwh, -burhe, -boruhe, -bor~x0021d~(e, -bore~x0021d~e, -bur~x0021d~e, -borou~x0021d~, heborh, herbori, herbour, -bor(e, -bwre, erbor, harbor, -bour, -bur, hebour, herbyrge, herbarwe, -barow(e, -baruwe, harbarwe, harebarowe, herbearhe, herbari, herbar, harbar, herberwes, haerberwen, herber~x0021d~e

church..of al Erthly askynge be quyte; and namely, that nothynge [read: no kynges] ne othyr hey men..mete ne herbrow in church londys ne aske. ?Some kind of timber or carved work in a roof. (1473) in Salzman Building in Engl.

• offring(e, ofring(e, offringue, offrinke, offering(e, offrin

; slaien ; (b) an offering presented to God or to a heathen god; an offering of money to the Church, oblation; a gift presented to the infant Christ; also fig. ; (c) don , to make an offering; maken

• sect(e, sekt(e, secke, sectes, seytis

a religious order within the Christian church; the body of members of such an order; a body of clerics, as clerks, canons, etc.; also, one of the broader categories of believers within the Christian church, as the clergy, laity, etc.