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subostiarius

subostiarius [CL sub-+ostiarius] 1 underjanitor, deputy or assistant janitor, class of minor court or household official. 1286 valletti de diversis officiis. Rogero et Philippo ~iis aule ‥ vallettis de chaundelaria ‥ aquario aule juniori Rec. Wardr. 1703; 1288 Henrico de Monte Pess' ~io garderobe Ib. 1777; 1290 vocavit duos subhostiarios scaccarii ‥ et fecit eos assidere secum ad ‥ videndum quod nichil apponeret, deleret vel mutaret de rotulo predicto DocExch 115; 1291 ~io aule regis portanti cum festinacione ad regem quamdam litteram Doc. Scot. I 225; 1300 Galfrido Baret, sub-hostiar' aule ‥ N. Meu, hostiar' garderobe AcWardr 319; de officio subhostiarii aule abbatis Cust. Cant. 60; 1331 ego Gilbertus de Thyden' ~ius aule domini regis KR Ac 385/4. 2 assistant gate-keeper or usher (of school). 1309 ad ostium hostiarius, sive sub-hostiarius, continue sedeant, nec duos vel tres scholares simul et semel exire permittant Reg. Whet. II 311.

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