† lorespelln.
Obsolete.
A sermon, instructive discourse.
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society > education > teaching > means of teaching > [noun] > instructive discourse
lorespellc1000
preachmentc1330
preacha1550
sermona1616
protreptic1656
society > faith > worship > parts of service > homily > [noun]
lorespellc1000
sermona1200
homilyc1386
collation1417
humble1550
pronea1670
society > faith > worship > preaching > [noun] > instance of
lorespellc1000
sermona1200
predicationa1325
preachingc1350
collation1417
preachmentc1460
postils1483
preacha1550
exercise1597
sermocination1645
pronea1670
stick1759
c1000 Ælfric Lives Saints (1881) I. 58 Se bisceop..þam folce sæde..lar-spell.
c1175 Lamb. Hom. 63 Bred on grikisce is Larspel to us fuliwis.
c1200 Trin. Coll. Hom. 143 Þa iherde hie seggen þat ure drihte on his lar~spelle sede þat alle men sholden deað polien.
c1275 (?a1200) Laȝamon Brut (Calig.) (1963) l. 6315 Þa bi-gon he lar-spæl [c1300 Otho lorspel] & of gode spæc swiðe wel.
a1400 Minor Poems from Vernon MS xxxvii. 124 Þreo þinges þer beþ..Seide me þe prest in his lore-spelle For whom I ouȝte loue Ihesu.
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