autemn.
Old Cant.
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A church. See Harman's Caveat, B. E. Dict. Cant. Crew, Grose, Farmer & Henley Slang.
Compounds
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autem cackler n. a Dissenting preacher.
autem jet n. a clergyman; cf. jet n.2 4.
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society > faith > church government > member of the clergy > [noun]
God's maneOE
priestOE
clerkc1050
secularc1290
vicary1303
minister1340
divinec1380
man of Godc1384
kirkmana1400
man of the churchc1400
cockc1405
Ecclesiastc1405
spiritual1441
ministrator1450
abbé1530
reverend1547
churchman1549
tippet-captain?1550
tippet knight1551
tippet man1551
public minister1564
reading minister1572
clergyman1577
clerk1577
padre1584
minstrel1586
spiritual1600
cleric1623
cassock1628
Levite1640
gownsman1641
teaching elder1642
ecclesiastic1651
religionist1651
crape1682
crape-gown-man1682
man in black1692
soul driver1699
secularist1716
autem jet1737
liturge1737
officiant1740
snub-devil1785
soul doctor1785
officiator1801
umfundisi1825
crape-man1826
clerical1837
God-man1842
Pfarrer1844
liturgist1848
white-choker1851
rook1859
shovel hat1859
sky pilot1865
ecclesiastical1883
joss-pidgin-man1886
josser1887
sin-shiftera1912
sin-buster1931
parch1944
1737 Bacchus & Venus Dict. Jet, a Lawyer. Autem Jet, a Parson.
1785 F. Grose Classical Dict. Vulgar Tongue Jet, a lawyer; autem jet, a parson.
c1825 Mod. Flash Dict. Jet autem, a parson.
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autem mort n. a married woman.
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