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portatile, a. Now rare.|ˈpɔətətɪl, -taɪl|
[ad. med.L. portātil-is (obs. F. portatil) that may be carried, f. L. portāre to carry: see -atile.]
†1. Her. = prec. Obs.
1587Fleming Contn. Holinshed III. 1355/2 A crosse portatile gold, to the lower end whereof this distichon is fairelie fixed.
2. Adapted for carrying; = portable, portative a. 1: esp. (in later use only) of an altar.
1657Tomlinson Renou's Disp. 486 Some [furnaces] are portatile and rotund. a1660Contemp. Hist. Irel. (Ir. Archæol. Soc.) III. 143, {pstlg}3000 sterling was giuen the Leutenant in readie coine, all his portatill armes [etc.]. 1710tr. Dupin's Eccl. Hist. 16th C. I. ii. xxxii. 198 That Bishops shall not..consecrate portatile altars without necessity. 1845Ecclesiologist IV. 86 We think the Bishop ought..to have carried a portatile altar. |