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† corsaint Obs.
Forms: 4 cors seynt, cors-sancte, cor-seynt, corseint, -sant, -saunt, -sand, 4–5 -saynt, -seynt, 5 coresaynte.
[a. OF. cors saint, mod.F. corps saint holy body, body of a saint.]
The body of a saint; a sainted person, (departed) saint (considered as locally present where his or her body rests).
1303R. Brunne Handl. Synne 8740 And hys ymage ful feyre depeynte Ryȝt as he were a cors seynt. 1362Langl. P. Pl. A. vi. 23 Knowest þou ouht a Corseynt Men calleþ Seynt Treuþe? c1375Sc. Leg. Saints, Clemens 873 Þat cristine mene suld nocht mak Cors-sancte of hyme, na honoure do. 1393Test. Ebor. (Surtees) 186 [At the] hegh auter in the wirschip of the haly corsand. a1400Morte Arth. 1164 He sekez seyntez bot seldene..That thus clekys this corsaunt owt of þir heghe clyffez. c1450St. Cuthbert (Surtees) 2 Saynt cuthbert lyfe who lyste to lere, And forto knawe þat coresaynte clere. a1500Chaucer's Dreme 942 He trowed hire compleynt Shold after cause hire be corseynt. |