单词 | pisteler |
释义 | pistelern. Christian Church. Now rare (historical in later use). 1. A person who reads the Epistle at the Eucharist service; = epistler n. 1, epistoler n. 1. ΘΚΠ society > faith > church government > member of the clergy > deacon > epistoler > [noun] pistelerc1475 epistoler?c1525 epistler?a1562 subdeacon1865 postiller1891 c1475 in Coll. Ordinances Royal Househ. (Harl. 642) (1790) 50 Yomen of chapell, II, called pistellers [v.r. pistelers], groweing from the children of the chappell by succession of age, and after that theire voices change. a1520 J. Skelton Ware the Hauke 121 These be my gospellers, These be my pystillers. 1572 J. Whitgift Answere to Admon. sig. Gg ivv Cathedrall Churches..where..squeaking Queristers, Organ players, Gospellers, Pistellers, Pentioners, Readers, Uergers. &c. liue in greate idlenesse. 1579 in W. Greenwell Wills & Inventories Registry Durham (1860) II. 18 To the Gospeller and pistoler 6/8d a pece. a1640 J. Ball Answer to Iohn Can (1642) i. 143 Organ-players, gospellers, pistelers. 1890 Manch. Q. 9 66 [Henry] Lawes was made a pistiller in January, 1625, and in the following November we find him made a gentleman of the Chapel Royal. 1957 D. Stevens Thomas Tomkins 11 His rapid promotion from pisteler and gospeller to gentleman, in the space of less than a year, is shown by the records in the Cheque Book. ΚΠ 1517 in C. Wordsworth & H. Littlehales Old Service-bks. Eng. Church (1904) 42 It, ijo bokes, a gospellour (lxix unces) & a pistellour (lxv unces). This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2006; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < |
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