GLOSSARY
Of obsolete words, or words used in an obsolete sense
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Acolytes |
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Trust |
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To cite in argument |
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To gather and prepare an army |
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To impose or assess a tax; or, to set the price of a staple foodstuff etc. |
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To pardon, absolve |
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A mallet |
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Decorated with hanging tapestries etc. |
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Hacked with an axe |
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The best sheep in a flock |
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Beset |
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To betray |
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To thump |
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To steal |
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Bristol |
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A ghost, monster or other terrifying thing |
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An ambush |
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In canicular days: dog-days, early August |
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A chasuble |
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High rank, majesty; your celsitude = your highness |
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Certainly |
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Fissures |
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In chequer matters: Lawsuits relating to the collection of royal revenue |
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A loose gown with red sleeves, worn by a bishop |
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A sacred anointing |
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A lawyer specialising in civil law. |
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A monk or nun who stays in a monastery or convent; as distinguished from a friar, who wanders around begging. |
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To coerce |
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An assistant |
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Appointment of a clergyman to a benefice |
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A fellow of a college |
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A conference |
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A public speech |
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Overpowering desire (not necessarily sexual) |
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Content, satisfaction |
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Degrading or insulting |
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Insults |
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A cloth laid on the altar on which the chalice and paten are placed |
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A) of the body, physical B) in Corporal oath, one taken while holding a physical object, such as a Bible, relic, or consecrated host. |
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A war-horse |
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A member of the Papal Curia |
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A first cousin |
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Cruelty |
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Damaged or injured |
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A letter written by a Pope in response to a query |
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To throw down |
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A short-shafted lance |
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The matins of the Service for the dead, beginning Dirige, Domine |
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To deprive of |
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To dispossess |
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A benefice which can be bestowed by the founder or patron without reference to the bishop or abbot. |
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Spent brewing grains used as animal feed |
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A privy (US: bathroom) |
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A state of bewilderment |
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To plough |
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Soon afterwards, immediately |
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A diplomatic mission |
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To seal |
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Example |
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To surround |
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Pagans |
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To nullify |
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To flay |
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A papal decree not included in the standard list |
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Deed |
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A pagan shrine |
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An infirmary |
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A bailiff |
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A weekday |
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A trick or swindle |
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A house in which a fire is regularly lit (i.e. a dwelling-house) |
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Very wicked |
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Fled from |
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A defeat |
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Foolish |
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Prevent |
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To neglect |
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The wall of the refectory in a monastery |
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Filled with; (of a ship) fully laden. |
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Something people stare at |
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A commentary or explanation |
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A writer of commentaries, or a spin-doctor |
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Helped |
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Pulled up on a man's back or a frame, to be whipped |
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Stained with blood |
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Unbearable |
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Full of anger |
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Lechery |
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To make infamous |
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To state or bring forward as an argument |
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Troublesome, annoying |
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Insistent |
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Involve |
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A privy (U.S: bathroom) |
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Brass |
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A cesspit |
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Of or relating to a Papal legate |
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Trickery |
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A lover |
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Brittany |
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To hinder or prevent (also past tense and noun) |
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Ignorant or futile |
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A leopard |
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To tell outrageous lies |
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Begging |
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To want to do |
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Brittany |
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Gained, profited |
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To mash or chop up |
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A trouble-maker |
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Insolent |
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A heavy hammer |
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a) A troop of soldiers b) A strip of cloth worn hanging from the cuff |
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Gentleness |
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A tax paid by a vassal to his lord on the marriage of his (i.e. the vassal's) daughter |
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Silver, or unspecified: Thirteen shillings and fourpence in money Gold: Eight ounces |
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Suitable |
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Mainz |
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To fine |
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A fine or imposition |
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Pure, complete or unmixed |
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Instruction, warning |
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A fortification |
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Navarre |
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Silly |
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The 7th of March, May, July, or October; the 5th of any other month. |
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Onyx |
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Infamy, shame |
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Insults |
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To fight against |
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A scoundrel |
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An alliance |
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A small horse |
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A pagan or other non-Christian |
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Expensive, highly decorated slippers; Stood upon their pantofles = Stood on their dignity |
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To smash |
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A dish on which the communion bread is placed |
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Wooden overshoes |
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To cut open the belly of |
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Perhaps |
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A pilgrim |
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To consider |
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Hypocritical displays of virtue |
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Poitou, in France |
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A small box in which consecrated hosts are carried about. |
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A lead ball on a cord |
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Weighing |
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To extort |
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The robes of a bishop or cardinal |
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A breviary or book of liturgy |
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A note or comment on a document |
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A ruler, potentate |
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The revenue of a specific plot of land belonging to an ecclesiastical foundation; a prebendary was the priest to which a prebend was allocated or prebendated |
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To speak of beforehand |
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Inclined towards |
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A prelate or bishop |
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To leave out, omit |
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Plausibly, convincingly |
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Conclusive arguments, proofs |
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Treachery |
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To prowl or rob |
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A) a spokesman B) The chairman of a parliament or congress |
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To postpone |
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Proscribed |
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First or original version |
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To test |
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Writer of Psalms; a title of King David of Israel and Judah |
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Powerful |
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A messenger or agent |
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A fifteenth part |
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Choir |
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Former, formerly |
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At random |
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Disprove |
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Rule |
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Strictly, the decision of the Roman emperor on a case referred to him by a governor or judge; more loosely, any formal written command by a person in authority |
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The River Rhône |
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A linen surplice |
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A crucifix |
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A state of excitement or pride |
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A fine-clothed but useless fellow |
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A fugitive scoundrel |
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Repletion |
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A soldier sent out to see what the enemy is doing, a scout |
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A tax paid instead of military service |
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Eight bushels |
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Taking possession of a token of ownership e.g. the keys of a house. |
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Similarly |
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Bondage, serfdom |
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A servant who lays the table, serves the meal etc. |
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A musical instrument resembling an oboe. |
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Innocent |
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A sewer or drain |
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Provided that |
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An emerald |
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Boiled |
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Sultan |
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A formally appointed deputy or representative |
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The clergy or hierarchy |
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Adultery |
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A young man |
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Kick or trample underfoot |
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A, or the only, legally licensed market for wool for purchase by foreigners |
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To place among the stars |
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Fodder, animal food |
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An assistant or subordinate bishop |
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A pack-horse |
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Calculation |
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Sustenance, support |
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An arbitrary tax levied by special order |
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To obtain food and other necessities on credit |
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Delay |
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To clean a wound with a small roll of cloth |
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Desertion or apostacy |
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Of the earth in the sense (a) as opposed to heavenly or (b) peasant-like, low-class |
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A court usher or bailiff |
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Decimated (i.e. every tenth man killed) |
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The name of a demon in a morality play; hence, a scoundrel |
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Money paid in tolls or taxes |
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To card wool |
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Written discussion or discourse |
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A deception or fraud |
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A dispute or controversy |
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A dispute or controversy |
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Wooden shoes, clogs |
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A series of thirty requiem masses |
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Lending or borrowing at (usually usurious) interest |
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An extra payment or profit, a perk |
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Devastation, destruction |
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The vanguard |
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To regard, or treat, a person as being vile or worthless |
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To spoil or wear out |
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To depart from |
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A wooden sword used for fencing practice |
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A cloak |
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To know |
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A whirlpool |
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An auger or gimlet |
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Towards you |
