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liberatura

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Searchable Lemmata: liberatura (L).
Alternate Forms: liberaturis, liberature, liberaturas, liberaturam.

    Definitions and Defining Citations:

1a(n.) ; allowance, payment, provision (of food or clothing) made to a servant or retainer (cf. livery, 1a).(ante 1380 - ante 1475 ?)
1. quilibet scolarium predictorum de liberatura sua sibi fieri faciat robam talarem, decentem et honestam pro statu clericali Legal. [DMLBS Foed. (VII 242) 1380]
2. pro iij ulnis panni liberature valectorum liberate firmariis domus tannatoris v s. vij d. ob. Accounts. [DMLBS Ac. Durh. (94) 1472]
c.f.: livery, liberatus
L.
Sex: Male, Female    Use: n/a    Ceremonial: No
Body Parts: N/A.
1b(n.) ; badge, uniform, livery (cf. livery, 2a, 2b and 2d).(circa 1430 - circa 1509)
1. lego liberaturam meam argenteam Anglice cressaunt et liberaturam meam Anglice coller ad feretrum Sancti Wilfridi Wills. [DMLBS Test. Ebor. (II 13) 1430]
2. recepimus optimam liberaturam de vyolett emptam ... pro xviij sociis tunc existentibus ... hac lege quod omnes socii utantur ipsa in festo ... S. Johannis Baptiste Accounts. [DMLBS Reg. Merton (388) 1509]
c.f.: liberatus, livery
L.
Sex: Male, Female    Use: n/a    Ceremonial: No
Body Parts: N/A.

    Etymological Evidence:

Speculative, Derived from Classical L liberatio (which in Medieval Latin came to mean the act of freeing; delivering; delivery or handing over; act of paying; what is handed over: livery, allowance, payment, etc.).
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