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ceroferary rare.|sɪˈrɒfərərɪ| Also ceropherary. a. = cerofer [in F. céroferaire.] b. A candlestick, candelabrum [= L. cēroferārium].
[a636Isidore Orig. vii. xii. 29 Acolythi Græce, Latine ceroferarii dicuntur, a deportandis cereis, quando legendum est Evangelium, aut sacrificium offerendum.] 1398Trevisa Barth. De P.R. xix. lxi. (1495) 898 They that serue in chyrches of wexe candyls ben callyd Ceroferarii. c1650Fuller is cited by Webster for sense a; sense b is given without quotation in mod. Dicts. |