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conductivus

conductivus 1 a (of persons) mercenary, stipendiary. b (of building) hired. Cf. conducticius. a c1230 nec ponant pro se sacerdotes ~os nisi de speciali licentia nostra Conc. Syn. 211; 1237 garciones quosdam ‥ et paucos admodum ~os milites (Lit. Imp.) M. Par. Maj. III 637; ita possit quilibet in tali facto alium appellare per campionem ~um, quod non est sustinendum Bracton 137b; 12‥ capellanus ‥ ~us Conc. Scot. II 50; s1215 rex ‥ bellatores alienigenas in sui auxilium conducebat, ita ut ‥ rex cum suis alienigenis ~is et econtra barones regni regno Anglie finalem exitum minarentur Meaux I 395.  b 1290 habet ibidem ‥ shamellas ~as ad carnifices et alios RParl I 27; 1363 octo hospicia ~a ‥ que ‥ adquisivimus Lit. Cant. II 443. 2 concerned w. safe-conduct. b (w. sidus) guiding star. s1452 litera ~a pro tribus Scotis adducentibus animalia a Coldyngham ad Dunelmum Pri. Cold. 177 (rub.).  b tota classis ‥ ipsas naves, tanquam sua ~a sidera, ‥ sequi satagebat Ps.-Elmh. Hen. V 38.

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