eunuche (s.xii3/4)
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eunuche (s.xii3/4)

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  FEW:  eunuchus 3,249a Gdf: ∅ GdfC:  eunuque 9,572c TL: eunuque 3,1520 DEAF:  eunique  DMF:  eunuque  TLF:  eunuque  OED:  eunuch n.  MED:  eunuk n.  DMLBS:  eunuchus 813a
eunuchus,  eununchus  

The word 'eunuch', used with reference to the Ethiopian court official who is converted by Philip the Evangelist (Acts 8:26-40), is sometimes taken as a personal name.

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1titleBibl.eunuch, highranking court-official (who is not necessarily a castrate): 
( s.xii3/4; MS: s.xiv2 )  donc ne fu Joseph ly bels mis en la prison Par la femme a l’eunuche, le sergant Pharaon?  7634
( s.xivin; MS: s.xiv2/4 ) Eununchus, le bier ethiopien qe fust of la royne Candace, [...] vint pur ahourer a Jerosolme  (B) 214a
( s.xiv1; MS: s.xivm ) il =the king dismera vos bledz et les rentes de voz visnes q’il les doint a ses eunuches et a ses servauntz  440
( MS: s.xivm )  En les faitz des apostles ly seint eunuchus – adecertes seint bier, quar l’escripte lui apelle issint [...]. Jeo [...] ne sui pas plus seint de cesti eunuche ne plus estudious  2ra-b
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