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cierge
(ˈsɪədʒ, or as Fr. sɪˈɛrʒ)
Forms: 3–7 cerge, 3–6 serge, 4 serg; also 4–6, 9 cierge, (3 cirge, 5 cyerge, suerge, 6 surge, searge, cearge).
[a. OF. cerge, cirge (12th c.), cierge (13th c.), in Pr. ceri, Sp. cirio:—L. cēreus (later cērius) of wax, waxen, f. cēra wax. The typical Eng. form was cerge, serge; but in actual use the word went out about 1600, and occurs since either as a historical archaism or consciously as French.]
A wax candle or taper, esp. a large wax candle used in religious ceremonies.
a1300Cursor M. 20701 Gas þan..Wit cirges and wit candel-bright Þat ye haf no defaut of light. c1300Havelok 594 Also lith was it þer-inne, So þer brenden cerges inne. Ibid. 2125 So þer brenden serges seuene. c1400Rom. Rose 6251 The elevene thousand maydens deere, That beren in heven her ciergis clere. c1400Apol. Lollards 48 Kirks are not to be worschipped, nor sergs to be multiplied þer in. 1485Will in Ripon Ch. Acts 278, v serges, ilkoone of a pownde of wax. 1513Douglas æneis xiii. ix. 103 The blesand torchys schayn and sergis brycht. 1513Bradshaw St. Werburge ii. xl, A solemne procession With crosses and baners and surges clere lyght. 1570Levins Manip. 210 A cearge, caereus. 1593Mon. & Rites Ch. Durham (1842) 12 Lattin basons..having pricks for serges, or great wax candles, to stand on. 1843I. F. Romer Rhone, &c. II. 69 The cierges were lighted, and a splendid mass in music performed.
b. Comb., as cierge-bearer.
c1450in Wr.-Wülcker 682 Hic ceroferarius, a cerg-berare. |