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† aˈvour(e, n.1 Obs. rare.
[erroneously for avourie, avowry; if not for OF. avoeor, avoeur, avoueur, of which the proper Eng. form is avower, while the OF. in the first quotation would be avoeresse.]
= avowry 2.
c1400Sowdone Bab. 2390 God and seynte Mary myn avoure! 1868Stanley Westm. Ab. 158 Round his [Henry VII's] tomb stand his nine accustomed Avours or guardian saints, to whom he calls and cries. [Henry VII; Instr. for Tomb in Bell's Handbk. Westm. Ab. 33 The same to be filled with ymages, specially of our said avouries.] |