† saintuaire Obs.
Also 4 sa(y)ntuare, seyntwar(e, Sc. sanctwar, 5 sayntware.
[a. OF. saintuaire, santuaire, semi-pop. ad. late L. sanctuārium (see sanctuary).]
Sanctuary.
| a 1300 Cursor M. 688 And ilk waand þat þai þere bare He sperd wit-in þer santuare [Gött., Trin. seyntwar(e]. Ibid. 8274 Þat hali arke þai bare A-bute, wit all þair santuare. c 1375 Sc. Leg. Saints vii. (Jacobus Minor) 65 He of þe apostolis all In-to þe sanctwar can ga. 1390 Gower Conf. I. 14 In libraire Which longeth to the Saintuaire. a 1400–50 Alexander 1567 Of þe saynt-ware many sere thingis. |