espectacle (1212)
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espectacle (1212)

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[ FEW: 12,159a spectaculum; Gdf: ∅; GdfC: 10,708b spectacle; TL: ∅; DEAF:  spectacle (*); DMF: ∅; TLF: ∅; OED: ∅; MED: ∅; DMLBS: ∅ ]
 

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1spectacle, visual display to be marvelled at: 
( 1212; MS: 1212-13 )  li poeple [...] I acourut a l’espectacle (=of a bishop being devoured by a bear)  9309
2 implement eye-glass, lens for assisting vision: 
( MS: s.xiii2 )  spectaculum: (C) l’espectacle, sive cavillam vel calvillam [sic]: spectacle  ii 79.168
spectacle 
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