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chandelabre (1120-40)
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chandelabre (1120-40)

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chaundelabre,  chandilabre;  candelabre  (chondelabra  TLL ii 61,  schaundelabre  Apoc giffard 146)  
  FEW:  candelabrum 2/i,181b Gdf: ∅ GdfC:  chandelabre 9,36a TL: chandelabre 2,211 DEAF:  chandelier  DMF:  candélabre  TLF:  candélabre  OED:  chandelabre n.  MED:  chaundelabre n.  DMLBS:  candelabrum 256b

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domesticeccl.candlestick, candelabrum: 
( MS: 1120-40 )  Ad ancensers, ad oriés candelabres, Clers revestuz an albes ed an capes  S Alexis1 581
( 1212; MS: 1212-13 )  Qe de lui (=St Benedict) la lumiere esprise En haut el chandelabre mise A trestoz celz donast clarté Qui sont dedenz la meison Dé  Dial Greg SATF 3888
( s.xiii1; MS: s.xiii1 )  Gunfanuns e croyz porteient, Chandelabres e paumes de hor  Purg S Pat first anon 1227
( s.xiii2/4; MS: c.1255 )  vi set chandelabres de or, & en mi les set candelabres un qui resemblot le fiz de la Virge  Apoc Prose 2
( s.xiiiex; MS: c.1300? )  De or e de argent chaundelabres fist aturner  Burch1 355
( MS: s.xivm )  un chaundelabre de or od tantes de lanters com oels  S Jer 3v
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