pistolrocc
, epistle + rokke.
Searchable Lemmata: pistolrocc (OE).
Alternate Forms: pistelroccas. Unique.
Definitions and Defining Citations:
1a(n.)
Garment;
garment worn for the reading of the Epistle; the term is found only in a list of garments and other worn objects for performing the mass.(ante 1100)
1. Þæt is þæt he hæfð þider ynn gedon II biscoproda & II mycele gebonede roda butan oðrum litlum silfrenum swurrodum & II mycele cristesbec gebonede & III gebonede scrin & I geboned altare & V silfrene caliceas & IIII corporales & I silfren pipe & V fulle mæssereaf & II dalmatica & III pistelroccas & IIII subdiacones handlin.
[DOE Rec 10.1 (RobApp I 1) (0006 (21))]
Sex: Male Use: Ecclesiastical Ceremonial: Yes
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Etymological Evidence:
Definite, compound of (e)pistol, pistel (OE <Lat. epistola < Gk. ἐπιστολή) 'letter, Epistle of the New Testament' (or more generally, 'scriptural writing') + rocc 'outer garment' (see rokke). See also discussion at pistle-cloth (OE pistolclaþ) which may refer either to a cloth covering the epistle-book (pistolboc) or a garment worn by the reader of epistles (pistolrædere; later English epistler).
The present citation is a list of garments and accessories worn by ecclesiastics; additionally, rocc refers to worn garments, and the comparable OE compounds diaconrocc and bisceoprocc (qqv.) to vestments worn by clergy. Therefore it is most likely that pistolrocc refers to that which is worn by the epistle-reader.
WF: Compound
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