Cierge (noun) (historic)
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A wax candle, especially one used in religious ceremonies.
Middle English from Old French cerge, from Latin cereas ‘wax taper’.
Example sentences
“The cierges lighted upon the altar.”
Boscage (noun) bos-kij a mass of trees or shrubs; wood, grove, or thicket. 1350–1400; Middle English boskage. Middle French boscage. (more…)
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