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chandeler2 (c.1240)
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chandeler2 (c.1240)

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candeler,  candelere;  chandellier;  chaundeler  (condeler)  
  FEW:  candela 2/i,178a Gdf:  chandelier 2 2,51c GdfC:  chandelier 2 9,36c TL: chandelier 2,211 DEAF:  chandoile (chandelier)  DMF:  chandelier 1  TLF:  chandelier 1  OED:  chandler n.  MED:  candeler n.  DMLBS:  candelarius 256c

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1occupationchandler, one who makes or sells candles: 
( 1386 )  paié al chaundeler pur torches […] .iij. li.  67
( a.1399; MS: a.1399 )  et mistrent en feu une schoppe de une chaundeler  141.17
( s.xvin )  les voz symples veisyns chaundelers de cire  i 55
♦monasticeccl.monk in charge of altar-candles: 
( c.1240; MS: c.1300 )  Pur quei avez mun (=B.V.M’s) chandeler Mis hors de commune gent Ke il n’out en cimetere enterrement?  84.44
2 name (used as a surname): 
( 1274 )  Matthew le Candeler  Chandler
( 1285 )  William le Chandeler  Chandler
( 1332 )  Johannes le Condeler  candeler n.

See also:

chandele  chandelerie  chandelor  chandelure 
This is an AND2 Phase 1 (A-E) entry © 2000-2006 The Anglo-Norman Dictionary. On-line entry partially revised after the print version of AND2 went to press (2007-03-22) The printed edition of AND2 A-E is published by Taylor & Francis for the MHRA, sole owners of the print-media publication rights. All other rights reserved. Digitisation funded by the Arts and Humanities Research Council of the United Kingdom.
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