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absolution (1160-74)
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absolution (1160-74)

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absolucion,  absoluciun,  absoluuiciun;  asoluscion,  assolution  
  FEW:  absolutio 24,54a Gdf: ∅ GdfC:  asolucion 8,205a TL: absolucion 1,67 DEAF: ∅ DMF:  absolution  TLF:  absolution  OED:  absolution n.  MED:  absolucioun n.  DMLBS:  absolutio 8c

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1theol.eccl.absolution, pardon: 
( 1160-74; MS: s.xvii )  dez mals qu'orent fez vraie assolution  Rom de Rou wace i 45.869
( c.1184; MS: s.xiiiex )  s’en partirent [...] Par orgoil grant e par podnee Kar absoluciun n’unt demandee A lur pastur  S Thom beneit1 1529
( 1212; MS: 1212-13 )  del cors Deu l’oblation Lor vaut a absolution  Dial Greg SATF 20004
( s.xiii4/4; MS: 1307-15 )  resceut grace de absolution  Reis Engl1 62
( s.xiiiex; MS: s.xiv1/3 )  absolucion de pecchié  Mir Just 124
2dispensation (from vow): 
( c.1245; MS: c.1255 )  De tuz ses pecchez ad pardun, E du vuu absoluciun  S Edw paris ANTS 1758
3eccl.liturgicaltimeHoly, Maundy Thursday: 
( s.xiiex; MS: 1272-82 )  Li rois […] Ad maundé soun barnage Qu’ad l’Asoluscion Soient ad Karlioun  Cor Lai 29
jur de l’absolution
eccl.liturgicaltimeHoly, Maundy Thursday: 
( s.xiiiin; MS: s.xiii1 )  Le jur de l’Absoluciun […] Devant la Pasche le quart jur  S Edm Pass ANTS 1167
( MS: c.1300 )  Barrabas ki fust larrun [...] eschapa par rançun le jor de l'absolution  Judas 12
lettres d’absolution
lawletters of pardon, remission: 
( 1467-68 )  si le defendant […] pled un utlari ou excommengement […] et le pleintiff mitt avaunt pardon ou lettres d’absolucion  Exchequer Chamber ii 11.24

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absolu 
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