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pinacle (s.xiii1)
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pinacle (s.xiii1)

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pinnacle,  pynacle  
  FEW:  *pinnaculum 8,536b Gdf:  pinacle 6,164a GdfC:  pinacle 10,340b TL: pinacle 7,9523 DEAF:  pinacle  DMF:  pinacle  TLF:  pinacle  OED:  pinnacle n.  MED:  pinacle n.  DMLBS:  pinnaculum 2286a

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archit.pinnacle, turret, (ornamental) part of a building that extends upwards: 
( MS: s.xiii1 )  pinaculum: pinacle  TLL ii 107.173
( 1356-57; MS: s.xivex )  y a une moult bele eglise et bien graciouse et y a tours, pinnacles et kerneux mout faitisement faitz  Mandeville 178
( 1480 )  lé archebottantes et arches ac pynacles  Build salz 97
♦Bibl.archit.theol.parapet above the south-eastern roof of the Temple of Jerusalem (cf. Matthew 4:5 and Luke 4:9): 
( s.xiii2/4; MS: s.xiii2 )  Li pinacles un lius esteit El temple u l’em la lei liseit. De quinze degrez out halture Pur bien escuter la liture  Mirur3 4740
♦decor.ornamental peak: 
( 1433 )  ung tableau d’or fait en maniere d’un pinacle, a ung pié fait en maniere d’un jardinet [...]  Bedford Inventories B102

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