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[coristre] (s.xiii2)
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[coristre] (s.xiii2)

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querester,  querestier,  querestre,  queristre,  queristrer  
  FEW:  chorus 2/i,651b Gdf: ∅ GdfC:  choriste 9,86b TL: ∅ DEAF:  cuer 1 (choriste)  DMF:  choriste  TLF:  choriste  OED:  chorist n.  / chorister n.  MED:  querister n.  DMLBS:  choristarius 332c

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eccl.musicchorister, member of a church-choir: 
( MS: s.xiii2 )  paraphoniste: queristres  TLL i 231
( MS: s.xiiiex )  corista gallice: queristre  TLL ii 160
( 1346 )  (the sub-dean) est governour dé petitz chanouns et queristrers en absence del deane  YBB 20 i Ed III 365
( 1415-22 )  ils n'entrereont point en leurs estalles, mais au bas, au devant leurs diz estalles ou lieu des querestiers, durant les dictes vespres  Garter Stats1 378.85
( 1423 )  (meals are provided for) .xiij. freres chapellayns, .iij. chapellayns seculers, .xxx. queresters, .ij. scolemaisters – l'un pur enfourmer les ditz queresters en musyk et l'autre en gramer [...]  Rot Parl1 iv 249
( 1427 )  huit chappeleins, quatre clers, et sys querestres, poure faire divin service illoqes pour tous jours  Rot Parl1 iv 319

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coer2 
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