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pagenta

pagenta, ~tus, pagens, ~tis [ME pagent < pagina] , pageant, play (usu. in a cycle of mystery plays, esp. as performed by guild of craftsmen). b set, stage, platform for performance of a pageant. 1390 ludos et ~tes Doc. Bev. 33; 1396 unam vacuam placeam ‥ magistris de arte vel ocio de cardemakescrafte vocato ‥ pro pajent’ eidem arti incumbent’ ibidem includendo et observando MS Coventry Corporation Archive A2 f. 18v; 1414 parcellas ludi vocatas ~tes. et invenirent lusores ad numerum sucientem ad pajectos predictos (CourtR Exon) REED Devon 82; hic intrabit pagetum de purgacione Marie et Joseph. hic dicit primus detractor Ludus Coventriae f. 75; 1538 redditus domus Carpentarii ibidem pro ~tibus suis imponendis REED Chesh 31.  b 1411 ut ‥ ~dam ‥ in festo Corporis Christi erigerent suis costagiis Doc. Bev. 34; 1443 ad sustentacionem et reparacionem de lez ~tis gilde corporis Christi (CourtR Ipswich) Malone Soc. IX 172.

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