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carnificium

carnificium , slaughter, butchery. b meatmarket, shambles. indignius est si ‥ ad venatoris ~ium vel sordes prolabaris J. Sal. Pol. 397B; officium ‥ illud ‥ inferius est quod in penis criminum exercetur et quandam ~ii representare videtur imaginem Ib. 516B.  b 1190 terram meam in ~io Cart. Osney II 29; 1370 de nova domo in parvo ~io Ebor’ quam J. de R. carnifex tenet Pat 281 m. 9; 1386 omne jus ‥ in ‥ ~iis, bracinis, pistrinis Cart. Holyrood 104; 1467 ubi per prius ‥ nunquam vellet transire ultra ~ium [S. Albani] Reg. Whet. II 74; CathA (v. carnarium a).

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