[sercheresse] (1327)
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[sercheresse] (1327)

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[gdw]

  FEW:  circare *2/i,695b Gdf:  cercheor (cercheresse) 2,19c GdfC: ∅ TL: ∅ DEAF:  cerchier (cercheresse)  DMF: ∅ TLF: ∅ OED:  searcher n. (searcheress)  MED:  sercheresse n.  DMLBS:  circator (circatrix) 339c
cercheresse  

s.f.

1 female eccl. monastic occupation scrutatrix, female official appointed to inspect discipline and order in nunneries: 
( 1327; MS: s.xivm )  sire Wautier, ercevesque de Cantorbire, benesquia les nonnoynes de Sempyngham .lij. […] e une haute cercheresse  336
serchance  serche#1  serchement  sercher#1  sercherie  serchewache  serchour 
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