† ˈpistler Obs.
Also 6 pystiller, 6–7 pisteler, pistoler.
[f. pistle n. + -er1.]
One who reads the Epistle at the Communion: = epistler 2, epistoler 2.
| a 1520 Skelton Ware the Hauke 121 These be my gospellers, These be my pystillers. 1577–87 Holinshed Chron. III. 920/2 A pistler: of singing priests ten. 1579 Wills & Inv. N.C. (Surtees) II. 18 To the Gospeller and pistoler 6/8{supd} a pece. a 1640 J. Ball Answ. to Canne i. (1642) 143 Organ-players, gospellers, pistelers. |