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

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

s.

1archit.pinnacle, turret, (ornamental) part of a building that extends upwards: 
( MS: s.xiii1 )  pinaculum: pinacle  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  178
( 1480 )  lé archebottantes et arches ac pynacles  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 )  Sathan D’iloc l’ad tant tost porté E el pinacle l’ad posé. Li pinacles un lius esteit El temple u l’em la lei liseit. De quinze degrez out halture Pur bien escuter la liture  85vb9-10
♦decor.ornamental peak: 
( 1433 )  ung tableau d’or fait en maniere d’un pinacle, a ung pié fait en maniere d’un jardinet [...]  B102
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