Middle English Dictionary Entry

-cī(e suf.
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Forms -cī(e suf. Also -ce.
Etymology -cie from L -tia, either directly or generalized from -encī(e suf., -a(u)ncī(e suf. and -acī(e suf.

Definitions (Senses and Subsenses)

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A suffix forming nouns, usually in words borrowed from French (such as artificie, benefice, malefice, marshalsie, minstralsie, prophecie, seneshalsie) or Latin (such as servicie), but occasionally productive in English (such as pontificalcie).
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