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oratour (1391)

oratour (1391)

oratoir,  orator,  oratoure  
  FEW:  orator 7,386b Gdf:  orateur 5,612c GdfC:  orateur 10,237c TL: orator 6,1181 DEAF:  orator  DMF:  orateur  TLF:  orateur  OED:  orator n.  MED:  oratour n.  DMLBS:  orator 2043c

Most Anglo-Norman attestations are found in documents where the person who has the function of a beadsman is also the petitioner, and as a result the distinction between the two possible senses is blurred. However, the identical phrasing and context suggest that the citations under sense 2 may also be interpreted simply as ‘petitioner, suppliant’.

s.

1petitioner, suppliant
( 1391 )  A nostre tresgracious et tresexcellent seignur le Roy, supplie humblement son povre orator Johan Kyllome Clerc' qe [...]  Northern Pet 203
( 1392-93 )  A tresgracious, trespuissant, et tresnoble seignour, le conte d'Ormond, justice d'Irland, supplie humblement votre povre oratour Johann Sergeant, abbé de la maison de Seint Thomas le Martir joste Divellin, que [...]  King’s Council Ireland 55
( 1417-73 )  Supplient humblement voz povers oratours, les orfeours de la citee de Loundres  Goldsmiths’ Reg Deeds 11r
2eccl.occupationbeadsman, person who prays for the welfare of another (?)
( 1390-1412; MS: s.xv1 )  A tresseintisme et tresgracious seignur et pere [...] supplient treshumblement voz simples et poeveres chapelleins et oratours [...]  Lett & Pet 37.3
( c.1402; MS: s.xv1 )  Supplient treshumblement voz povrez chapellains et continueles oratours, le priour et couvent de vostre povre maison de Seint Jehan l'Evangeliste de Pountfreiyt [...]  Lett & Pet 7.2
( 1405 )  Plaise au roy [...] graunter et donner congié a voz povres et continueles oratoirs, les abbé et covent de Wynchecombe  C&B 380

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See also:

oratrice  orer1  orour 
This is an AND2 Phase 4 (N-O/U-P-Q) entry. © 2013-17 The Anglo-Norman Dictionary. All rights reserved. Funded by the Arts and Humanities Research Council of the United Kingdom.
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