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church-door
The outer door of a church, which was the place at which various public acts (e.g. marriages) were ordained to be performed.
c897K. ælfred Cura Past. 105 Beforan ðære ciricean dura. c1175Lamb. Hom. 73 Heore godfaderes and heore godmoderes scullen onswerie for hem et þe chirche dure. c1200Ormin 1327 Hemm birrde Twa bukkess samenn to þe preost Att kirrkedure brinngen. 1386Chaucer Prol. 460 Housbondes at chirche dore she hadde fyue. c1440Gesta Rom. lxiv. 276 She made to be wryte vp on þe chirch-dor..theise wordes. 1535Stewart Chron. Scot. II. 17 He weddit hir at kirkdur with ane ring. 1574Bk. General Kirk, Sall present thameselffis vpone Sunday nixt..at the eist kirkduir..in saccloth. 1865Reader 23 Sept. 237/2 Joan had never been solemnly espoused at the church door.
b. Comb. church-door-ward.
1542Becon Potation for Lent Wks. 114 Then the people goeth somewhat further into the Church-door ward, and there standeth still. |