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troper Eccl. (now only Hist.).|ˈtrəʊpə(r)| Also 5 tropere, tropoure, tropure, 8 tropar. [OE. tropere, ad. med.L. troperium (see tropary); cf. OF. tropier, troper (12th c. in Godef.).] A book containing tropes (trope n. 5); also, a book containing sequences; a sequencer.
a1073Charter Bp. Leofric in Thorpe Charters 430, ii. fulle sangbec..& i. tropere & ii. salteras. a1400–50Alexander 1568 With tablis & t[r]opoures. c1400Laud Troy Bk. 9369 The Bible ne no Missale,..The Grael ne the Tropere. c1475Pict. Voc. in Wr.-Wülcker 755/3 Hoc troparium, tropere. a1746Lewis in Gutch Coll. Cur. II. 169 A Tropery, or book of Sequences. It was called in English a T[r]oper. 1894W. H. Frere Winchester Troper p. vi, The Tropers practically represent the sum total of musical advance between the ninth and the twelfth century. |