esglise
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Middle French[edit]
Noun[edit]
esglise f (plural esglises)
- Alternative form of eglise
Old French[edit]
Etymology[edit]
Variant of eglise, with unetymological -s- to preserve preceding /e/ (rather than /ə/).
Noun[edit]
esglise oblique singular, f (oblique plural esglises, nominative singular esglise, nominative plural esglises)
- (rare) Alternative form of eglise
- c. 1250, Rutebuf, C'est li testament de l'Asne:
- Je le vos di por un prouvoire
Qui avoit une bone esglise- I will tell you, there was a priest
Who had a good church
- I will tell you, there was a priest