piphanie (1323-25)

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piphanie (1323-25)

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[ FEW: 3,231a epiphania; Gdf: 7,714c tifaigne (piphaine); GdfC: ; TL: ; DEAF: ; DMF: ; TLF: ; OED:  Epiphany n.1 (pyffanie); MED:  epiphanie (piffanie); DMLBS: ]
phiphanie,  pifayne  

The lexeme is an aphetic form of epiphane.

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1timeeccl.liturgicalEpiphany, feast of the manifestation of Christ to the Gentiles through the visit of the Magi to the Christ Child (the twelfth day after Christmas, i.e. 6 January)
( 1323-25 )  Escrites a Bordeaux le vendredi aprés la pifayne  128
( 1374 )  Robert Asshetone [...] tint un parlement a Kilkenny lendemayne de la phiphanie, l’an du regne le roy [...]  203.78
( 1400; MS: s.xv1 )  le jour de la piphanie  116.66.12
epiphane  tiphanie 
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