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[signement] (c.1170)

[signement] (c.1170)

seignement  
  FEW:  signare 11,601a Gdf:  segnement 7,356b GdfC: TL: signement 9,653 DEAF:  seignier (signement)  DMF:  signement  TLF: OED: MED: DMLBS:  signamentum 3077c

s.

liturgicalblessing, (act of) making the sign of the cross
( c.1170; MS: s.xiii1 )  (at coronation:) N’i out beneiçon de Deu ne seignement: Guiteclin l’arcevesque ert mort novelement, N’altre ne solt mettre sor lui uig[n]ement  Brut Harley3 130.1044

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See also:

signacle  signal  signe1  signeportant  signer1  signet1  signeur1 
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signement