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purificacion (s.xiii2/4)
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purificacion (s.xiii2/4)

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pureficacioun,  purificacione,  purificacioun,  purificaciun,  purification  
  FEW:  purificare 9,615b Gdf: ∅ GdfC:  purification 10,450a TL: purificacïon 7,2100 DEAF:  purifier (purification)  DMF:  purification  TLF:  purification  OED:  purification n.  MED:  purificacioun n.  DMLBS:  purificatio 1234b

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1canon.eccl.liturgicalpurification, action of making something free of guilt or sin: 
( 1376-77 )  le juge de Seinte Esglise [...] purra conustre de la verité del dit condition ou manere, a l’effect del purificacion d’icele  Rot Parl1 ii 373
2eccl.femaleliturgicalBibl.theol.churching, spiritual purification occurring 40 days after childbirth: 
( s.xiii2/4; MS: s.xiiim )  Ore avez, pucele, esprovee la tranchaunte pointe de cele espee dunt Symeon vus fist mencion le jur de vostre purificacion  Mirour Egl (A) 68.54
( c.1334; MS: s.xivm )  doner congé qe eles pussent aprocher lour barons avant les jours de purificacion acompliz  TREVET Cron1 35.30
( 1397 )  la nativité, presentacion et purificacion Nostre Dame  Gloucester Inventory 288
♦eccl.timeliturgicalFebruary 2nd, Candlemas, Feast of the Purification of B.V.M.: 
( c.1240; MS: c.1300 )  Tant ke vint la duce sesun De la seinte purificaciun Ke nus apelum Chandelure  Mir N-D 133.86
( 1317 )  returnable a lez uttafiez de la pureficacioun  YBB Ed II xxii 239
( 1326-27 )  feste de la purificacion de Notre Dame  Stats i 255

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See also:

purifie  purifier  purifiement 
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