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superaltare (1267)

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superaltare (1267)

superaltaire,  superaltarie  
  FEW:  altare *24,352b Gdf:  superaltaire 7,593b GdfC: TL: DEAF:  autel (superaltare)  DMF:  superaltaire  TLF: OED:  superaltar n.  MED:  superaltar(e n.  / superaltari(e n.  DMLBS:  superaltaris 3297a
ls(loanword: Latin )
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s.

eccl.liturgicalportable altar (to be placed on a table or unconsecrated altar)
( 1267; MS: c.1300 ) L'en put peccher verraiment (=against the Blessed Sacrament) [...] si l'autel dedié ne seit, Ne superaltare (var. (Y: s.xiii4/4) superaltaire; (C: s.xiii4/4) superaltarie ) nul n'i eit  Lum Lais ANTS 9512
( 1373 ) vous mandons que pur l’apparaille de nostre dit chapelle vous ly delivrez [...] deux towilles pour lavater de la dit suyt, un superaltare, un missal [...]  GAUNT1 ii 189
( 1433 ) deux superaltares a mettre dessoubz l’autel  Bedford Inventories 204.B151

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See also:

autel1  auter1 
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