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bisceopgegyrela

, bishop + gegyrela.
Searchable Lemmata: bisceopgegyrela (OE).
Alternate Forms: biscopgegyrlan.

    Definitions and Defining Citations:

1(n.) ; episcopal vestments; also possibly referring to the equipment and trappings of a bishop.(circa 900 - ante 1100)
1. In þæm wæron þa ærestan & þa mæstan Mellitus & Iustus & Paulinus & Ruffianus; ond þurh heo sende gemænelice þa þing all, þa ðe to cirican bigonge & þegnunge nedþearflecu wæron, huslfatu & wigbedhrægl & circan frætwednes & biscopgegyrlan & diacongegyrlan, swylce eac þara apostola & haligra martira reliquias & monige bec.Translation of 'et per eos generaliter uniuersa, quae ad cultum erant ac ministerium ecclesiae necessaria, uasa uidelicet sacra et uestimenta altarium, ornamenta quoque ecclesiarum et sacerdotalia uel clericilia indumenta' [Beda Hist.eccl. 1.29.104]. [DOE Bede 1 (0415 (16.88.31))]
c.f.: vestment
OE; Primarily Ecclesiastic/Regula.
Use: Ecclesiastical    Status: High    Rank: High    Ceremonial: Yes
Body Parts:

    Etymological Evidence:

Definite, compound of biscop + gegyrela (q.v.) 'vestments, clothing'.
WF: Compound
Etym Cog:
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