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segresteine (c.1240)
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segresteine (c.1240)

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segersteine,  segresteyne  
  FEW:  sacer 11,32a Gdf:  secretain (secretaine) 7,350a GdfC: ∅ TL: secrestaine 9,315 DEAF:  ssecrestain (secrestaine)  DMF:  sacristaine  TLF: ∅ OED: ∅ MED: ∅ DMLBS:  sacristanus 2890c

s.f.

eccl. occupation female female sexton, sacristan, nun who is responsible for the maintenance of a convent church and its contents: 
( c.1240; MS: c.1300 )  Une nonaine jadis estoit [...] Si fu segersteine de sa mesun  Mir N-D 67.XIV.16
( s.xivin; MS: s.xivm )  Une nuyt [...] prist les clefs del mouster, com cele qe fust segresteyne [e ben le pout fere]  BOZ Cont 100

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See also:

segrestein  segresteinerie  segrestie  sextain 
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