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† ˈpurpitle Obs. rare.
Also 5 purpytyl, purpetill.
[app. a metathesis of OF. pulpitre, med.L. pulpitrum, var. of pulpitum, staging, scaffolding, raised platform, pulpit: cf. quot. in Du Cange ‘magnum pulpitrum fieri in altum ex traverso dicte ecclesie, in quo sunt aliquando cantores ad Missam’.]
A choir-screen or organ-screen.
1354Mem. Ripon (Surtees) III. 91 In j clave cum una plate emp. pro hostio cameræ in le Purpitle, 8d. 1408Ibid. 137 Pro j fundo in le purpytyl et pro hostio ibidem ad magnas organas, 18d. 1453Ibid. 162 Rob. Wright operanti super le Purpetill dict[arum] organic[arum]. |