Searchable Lemmata: linteamen (L), linteamentum (L).
Alternate Forms: linteamina, lintheamina, lintheamenta, linteamine, linciamina, lintheamine, lutheaminum, hucheamen, linthiaminum, lintheaminibus, linthiaminibus, linteamines.
1(n.)
Textile;
linen fabric (as textile, fabric, commodity).(ante 1217 - post 1375)
Ceremonial: No
Body Parts:
1b(n.)
Garment;
piece of linen used as or to make an article of clothing or dress.(ante 1214 - 1280)
2. habuit ad partem suam de quadam, roberia unam supertunicam et decem sol' sterlingorum. et predictus J. habuit duo linthiamina
Accounts, Legal.
[DMLBS JustIt (759 r. 8d.) 1280]
3. predictus W. habuit ad partem suam de quadam roberia unam supertunicam et x s. sterlingorum et predictus J. habuit duo linciamina precii iij s.
Accounts, Legal.
[DMLBS JustIt (761 r. 8) 1280]
Sex: Male, Female Ceremonial: No
Body Parts:
1c(n.)
Textile;
linen cloth; sheet; used as garments or coverings for other objects, i.e. shrouds, tablecloths, napkins, towels, bedsheets, etc.(ante 700 - 1405)
2. ad lectuarium autem semper [habebunt] post triennium unum chalonem et semper post biennium duo lintheamenta ... quando novos pannos lineos et nova calciamenta recipiet, reddet sursum vetera.
[DMLBS Cart. Osney (III 56) circa 1220]
5. uxor Johannis le B. et uxor Johannis Castel attachientur respondere eo quod asportaverunt unum hucheamen [l. lintheamen] et xvj d. de domo Johannis Castel
Legal.
[DMLBS Hund. Highworth (178) 1281]
Sex: N/A Ceremonial: No
Body Parts: N/A.
1d(n.)
Furnishing;
specifically, cloth used for the linen in the celebration of mass; also, used with reference to Acts X:11 & XI:5. In some uses, the cloth is likened to the cloth woven by Mary and worn by Christ, and to the cloth wound about Christ's body after the crucifixion (sindon).(circa 950 - circa 1386)
2. Deinde teneant subdiaconi uel accoliti in ulnis suis linteamina uel omnia ornamenta aecclesiae seu uasa quae sacranda sunt et ad cultum aecclesiae pertinere uidentur. ITEM PREFATIO LINTEAMINUM. Domine deus omnipotens sicut ab initio hominibus utilia et necessaria creasti. et quemadmodum uestimenta pontificalia sacerdotibus et leuitis ornamenta quoque fieri famulo tuo moysi per quadraginta dies docuisti. / siue etiam ea quę maria texuit. et fecit in usum ministerii tabernaculi foederis. santificare et benedicere consecrareque digneris. haec linteamina in usum altaris tui ad tegendum inuoluendumque corpus et sanguinem filii tui domini nostri iesu christi qui tecum uiuit et regnat.
[LexP Egbert Pont. (Banting) (47) circa 950]
3. ITEM ORATIO AD CORPORALE BENEDICENDUM SIUE DUO UEL TRIA UEL AMPLIUS FUERINT CORPORALIA BENEDICENDA. Deus ... dum pro omnium uita pius uoluisti agnus mactari . atque in sindone ioseph lino texta totum te inuolui permisisti. respice propitius ad uota nostra. qui tua fideliter carismata amplecti cupimus quaesumus domine sanctificare . benedicere . consecrareque . digneris haec linteamina in usum altaris tui ad consecrandum super ea siue ad tegendum inuoluendumque corpus et sanguinem filii tui domini nostri iesu christi.
[LexP Egbert Pont. (Banting) (48) circa 950]
6. altaris autem ornamenta ubi eucharistia conficitur hec esse debent: lintheamina pulchra quatuor quibus [altare] ... tegatur
Ecclesiastic/Regula.
[DMLBS GIR. (GE I 10 p. 34) 1197]
Use: Ecclesiastical Ceremonial: Yes
Body Parts:
1e(n.) ;
burial shroud; frequently, the cloth in which Christ's body was wrapped following the crucifixion.(ante 1100 - circa 1286)
1. petrus autem surgens cucurrit ad momumentum et procumbens uidit linteamina posita et abiit secum mirans quod factum fuerat : ðonne aras gearn to ðæm byrgenne & gebegde l gesæh ða linen hrægla gesettedo & ðona eoda mið him wundrade þætte aworden wæs.
[DOE LkGl (Li) (1111 (24.12))]
Ceremonial: No
Body Parts:
Definite, Classical Latin linteamen, other forms include linteamentum (from a Late Latin gloss c. 200 - c. 600 AD).
WF: Borrowed into the British Isles
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