annueler

Middle English

Noun

annueler

1. A priest employed in saying anniversary Masses.
   • 1387–1400, Geoffrey Chaucer, “(please specify the story)”, in The Canterbury Tales, [Westminster: William Caxton, published 1478], →OCLC; republished in [William Thynne], editor, The Workes of Geffray Chaucer Newlye Printed, […], [London]: […] [Richard Grafton for] Iohn Reynes […], 1542, →OCLC:

     In Londoun was a prest, an annueler, / That therin dwelled hadde many a yer, […]

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References

• “annueler”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.
• “annuel(l)ēr, adj. & n.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007.