Middle English Dictionary Entry
chirche-wǒrk n. (& phr.)
Entry Info
| Forms | chirche-wǒrk n. (& phr.) Also -werk, -wark. |
| Etymology |
Definitions (Senses and Subsenses)
1.
(a) Construction or structure of a church; (b) repair or maintenance of a church or its furnishings, or a fund set aside for this purpose; -- sg. or pl.
Associated quotations
a
- a1225(?OE) Lamb.Hom.(Lamb 487)31 : Þe preost him wile haten þet he nime þa ilke ehte..and dele hit wrecche monne, oðer to brugge oðer to chirche weorke.
- a1400(c1300) NHom.(1) John & Boy (Phys-E)p.112 : Sain Ion was..bisi, In ordaining of prestes..And in casting kirc werkes.
- a1450(c1410) Lovel.Grail (Corp-C 80)19.12 : The qwene gan forto gon, A faire Chirche Werk to beholden..That in Worschepe Of Oure lady begonnen was there.
- ?c1450 St.Cuth.(Eg 3309)5814 : Þare was anes a tre arayde, In þe kirke wark to be layde Of þe mynster of durham.
b
- (1413) Will in Bk.Lond.E.217/7 : Y be-quethe to the sayd churche warkis, vj s.
- (1420) Will in Bk.Lond.E.219/22 : vj s. viij d. of þat mony I bequethe to þe Churche werk of Seynt Benet.
- (1429) *Mun.B.Bridgewater15 : j man of london ȝefe to þe Cherche Workys iij s.
- (1433) *Plea & Mem.R.Lond.GildhA 60.4a : I wolle that v mark go to chirche werk for my ffaderes soule.
- (1448) Acc.Yatton in Som.RS 487 : Received of John Huredyche to chreche warkys viij d.
- c1450 Yk.BPrayer(2) (Yk-M 16.M.4)71/25 : We sal pray also specialy for all þase þat gifes or sends, or in testment wytes, any gode in mayntenyng of þis kirk or kirkwarke.
- (1451) Lin.DDoc.54/7 : To the prest yt kepys the Cure vij d, to kyrk warke xx d, & to ye pore of ye parys xx d.
- (1472) Doc.in Sur.Soc.8524 : To be forfyt, ye ton halfe to ye Lord, ye toher half to ye kyrkwarke.
- (1474) Acc.St.Edm.Sarum14 : The gift of Nichol Mason and others to the church works vj li.
- ?a1483 Deeds Melton in LAAS 3181 : A dede of Renald..did geve to God and the churche woorke of our Lady all the medowe.