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margarita

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Searchable Lemmata: margarita (L), margerie (AF), margerie (ME), margery (MdE).
Alternate Forms: margaritum, margaritae, margaritis, margeri, margirie, margari, marjori, marjorie, marjari, marjoryss.

    Definitions and Defining Citations:

1(n.) Raw Material; pearl.(ante 700 - 1500)
1. En Ethiope i ad ... unes formies Del grant a leverer qe portent margeries Heroic, Historic, Poetic, Romance. [AND Rom Chev ANTS (6832) circa 1175/1200]
2. [476] ... De Capis sericis magis preciosis: ... Capa quae dicitur magistri Rogeri capellani est de albo samito in anterioribus limbis angelis breudatis cum thuribulis. Pulverizatur tota bisantiis breudatis. Habet morsum connexum de plano sine gradibus, in cujus medio est presme contrafacta ... [478] ... De Capis minus preciosis: Capa, quae dicitur archidiaconi Nicholai, est de albo sameto plano, cum tassello pectorali quadrato contexto margaritis albis et viridibus contrafactis et filo auri in orbicularibus puro et tracto contexto. Capa alia ejusdem vetus est de panno serico ut dicitur imperiali cum pavonibus et arboribus contexto Accounts. [LexP Invent. S. Paul. (Simpson) (476-478) 1245]
3. Uno hauberjon et j payr glovys de playt ... Lego uxori dicti Johannis ... j anulum aureum cum quatuor marjoryss Wills. (citations from individual page of text may not be in original order) [MED Will York in Sur.Soc.4 (177) 1392]
c.f.: pearl
L, ME, MdE; Primarily Accounts.
Sex: N/A    Use: n/a    Status: High    Rank: High    Ceremonial: No
Body Parts: N/A.

    Etymological Evidence:

Definite, Classical L from Greek. Also cf. OE meregrot ('pearl').
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