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acolit (s.xiii2/4)
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acolit (s.xiii2/4)

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acolite;  colite  
  FEW:  acoluthus 24,109b Gdf: ∅ GdfC:  acolite 8,25b TL: acolite 1,97 DEAF: ∅ DMF:  acolyte  TLF:  acolyte  OED:  acolyte n.  MED:  acolit(e n.  DMLBS:  acolytus 19b

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eccl.occupationacolyte: 
( s.xiii2/4; MS: s.xivin )  Li premer (=of the seven orders) [si] est dit ‘oisser’, Ou ‘hostiarie’, ou ‘porter’ […] Li quarz est nomé ‘acolit’  Corset ANTS 699
( 1267; MS: c.1300 )  Hussier, e listre, e cunjurur, E acolite k’ad le labur  Lum Lais ANTS 10710
( 1267; MS: c.1300 )  acolite en griu est dit ‘Portur des cirges’  Lum Lais ANTS 11691
( c.1300; MS: s.xiv2/4 )  Prestre, deakne et acolit  Art Love 341
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