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单词 sportule
释义

sportulen.

Origin: Either (i) a borrowing from French. Or (ii) a borrowing from Latin. Etymons: French sportule; Latin sportula.
Etymology: < (i) Middle French, French sportule wage, fee, payment made to judges by their clients (1404), payment in kind made by Roman leaders to their clients (1564; also in Middle French as esportule (1433); now also in sense ‘alms’), or its etymon (ii) classical Latin sportula sportula n.; compare -ule suffix. Compare Old Occitan esportola wage, fee, payment made to judges by their clients (1365; 1450 as esportula ; compare earlier esporle (1236), esportla (1270) fee of investiture made by a vassal to gain his lord's approval), Catalan espòrtula payments made to certain judges or officials (14th cent.), Spanish espórtula due payment made to a judge (1648), Portuguese espórtula payment made by Roman leaders, donation in cash or in kind (1531), Italian sportula remuneration paid to judges by their clients (a1494). Compare later sportula n.
Obsolete. rare.
= sportula n.
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1538 T. Elyot Dict. Sportula, & sportella,..lyuerey of courte, callydde bowge of courte, was callyd Sportule.
1726 J. Ayliffe Parergon Juris Canonici Anglicani 173 The Bishops who consecrated this Ground, were wont to have a Spill or Sportule for the same from the credulous Laity.
1756 S. Johnson Dict. Eng. Lang. Sportule, an alms; a dole.]
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2008; most recently modified version published online June 2021).
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