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ancillare

ancillare , to enslave (fig.). 1166 illam [sc. ecclesiam rex] non est veritus ~are J. Sal. Ep. 151; abbas ‥ advenit ‥ ut ‥ ecclesiam de Bello sibi subjugando ~aret Chr. Battle 50; c1236 potestates et judices seculares ‥ liberam [ecclesiam] ~ant et captivant Gros. Ep. 72 * p. 218; sponsam Christi ~are nituntur; Ad. Marsh Ep. 247 c. 35; 1340 non deceret matrem per filias ~ari Lit. Cant. II 225; s1378 Christiani ‥ domum Dei ‥ non tantum ~are sed insuper polluere ‥ non verentur Wals. HA I 375.

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