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diacongegyrela

, deacon + gegyrela.
Searchable Lemmata: diacongegyrela (OE).
Alternate Forms: diacongegyrlan.

    Definitions and Defining Citations:

1(n.) Garment; vestment and equipment used by the deacon during mass.(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.A 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. ] [DOE Bede 1 (0415 (16.88.31))]
c.f.: diaconrocc, deacon, vestment
OE; Primarily Ecclesiastic/Regula.
Sex: Male    Use: Ecclesiastical    Ceremonial: Yes
Body Parts:

    Etymological Evidence:

Definite, compound of diacon 'deacon' + gegyrela 'gear' (qv).
WF: Compound
Etym Cog:
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