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lumbarium

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Searchable Lemmata: lumbarium (L).
Alternate Forms: lumbaria.

    Definitions and Defining Citations:

1a(n.) Accessory; breech-girdle or belt; also, a loin-cloth; cf. lumbar. Also, glosses AF brael.(circa 1250 - 350 ?)
1. armillausas, lumbaria [gl.: wardecors, braylers], limos, et tumbraceos Gloss. [DMLBS BALSH. (Ut. 90) ante 1181]
2. preter hec instita matronalis, lumbare [v. l. lumbarie, gl. brayel, vesture, curtepy] sive lumbatorium, renale sive ventrale Gloss. [DMLBS NECKAM (Ut. 101j) ante 1217]
3. custos pelliparie liberat ... conversis pernaria, lumbaria, et auricularia Accounts. [DMLBS Ac. Beaulieu (225) circa 1276]
4. item colers et lees, xviij d. ... ij paria calcarium, pretii xviij d. Accounts. [DMLBS Reg. Durh. (677) 1314]
c.f.: lumbar
L; Primarily N/A.
Sex: N/A    Use: n/a    Status: n/a    Rank: n/a    Ceremonial: No
Body Parts: Waist.

    Etymological Evidence:

Definite, From Classical Latin.
WF:
Etym Cog: lumbar (L), lumbatorium (L), brael (AF), renale (AF).
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