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edifiement (c.1200)
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edifiement (c.1200)

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edefiement,  edifiment  
  FEW:  aedificare 24,205b Gdf:  edefiement 3,5c GdfC: ∅ TL: edefïement 3,15 DEAF: ∅ DMF:  édifiement  TLF: ∅ OED: ∅ MED: ∅ DMLBS: ∅

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1build.building: 
( c.1200; MS: s.xiiiin )  Dunt ne sunt li mal ici enrichit [...] de buens dras, de bestes e de granz edefiemenz?  Eluc 54.16
( c.1200; MS: s.xiii3/4 )  Ne parfereient itel edefiement Cum fut li temples edifiement e quanqu’a ceo apent  Anc Test (B) 12693
( MS: 1419 )  [...] qu’ils ne ferrount nulles purprises sur les rewes [...] n’en prejudice dez veysins ou ils ferrount les edefiementz  Lib Alb 477
♦: 
( s.xiii1; MS: s.xiiim )  Amur est le mortier ki nus juint [...] ensemble cume vives peres el edifiement Jesu Crist  Joshua Sermons i 32
♦fig.edifice, structure: 
( 1267; MS: c.1300 )  Kar tut leur (var. le) edifiement De bienfez est saunz fundement  Lum Lais ANTS 5817
2emotion(moral) edification: 
( c.1200; MS: s.xiii3/4 )  Li reis mangat al jur ov[ec] sa gent El temple Deu pur l’edefiement  Anc Test (B) 13024
( 1212; MS: 1212-13 )  n’i ot negun [...] qui n’esperast Oir de lui dont s’amendast De sens e d’edifiement  Dial Greg SATF 18263
( c.1275; MS: s.xiii4/4 )  E maleçun dona hyduse A ceus ke par male vie e perilluse Destruent le bon edifiment Ke les bons firent entre la gent  S Fran ANTS 3419
( s.xiiiex; MS: 1307-15 )  Car quanke li desleaus homme [...] fet a prodom par malice [...] tot en est a soen oés e a edifiement envers la joie du ciel  Ancren2 219.20
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