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

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

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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  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  (A) 68.54
( c.1334; MS: s.xivm )  doner congé qe eles pussent aprocher lour barons avant les jours de purificacion acompliz  35.30
( 1397 )  la nativité, presentacion et purificacion Nostre Dame  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  133.86
( 1317 )  returnable a lez uttafiez de la pureficacioun  Ed II xxii 239
( 1326-27 )  feste de la purificacion de Notre Dame  i 255
purifie  purifier  purifiement 
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purification